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- Romans 3:26
Believe on Jesus and He will remove all your sins away. Afterwards, follow Him doing His will. We can't do our will and His at the same time. Here the difficulty of a Christian is seen: we either obey His voice or not.
May God gives us a soft heart to always yield to Him even if it means stopping what we love to do. Amen.
#Repost @victims_of_miseducation This is intersting fact, but in reality the Orange, Grapefruit, and Tangelo are hybrids of different amounts of 2 fruits. The #Mandarin and #Pomelo. It isn't a 50-50 hybrid of the two, but it is a hybrid of the two. Infact all common cirtrus are hybrids of 4 actual species: Mandarin, Key Lime, Citron, and Pomelo. The #orange is unknown in the wild state; is assumed to have #originated in southern #China, northeastern India, and perhaps southeastern Asia, and that they were first cultivated in China around 2500 BC. In 1493, #Columbus #brought #orange #seeds #from #Spain's Canary Island to Haiti, where he grew orange orchards. An orange is a delectable pulpy fruit that belongs to the genus Citrus, the other famous members of which are #lemon, #lime, and #grapefruit. The scientific name of the sweet orange is Citrus sinensis, while the name of the bitter variety is Citrus aurantium. The #orange is considered a #hybrid, possibly between Citrus maxima (#pomelo) and Citrus reticulata (#mandarin). Many historians are of the opinion that the farmers of China established orange orchards by the beginning of the 1st century millennium, i.e., around 1000 AD. Soon, the nobility grew fond of this delightful fruit. This unleashed a competition among the cultivators to produce larger and tastier oranges, in order to please the nobility. Among Europeans, #Romans were the first to taste this juicy fruit. It reached the Roman empire around the 1st century BC. The credit for introducing this fruit to the Roman empire goes to the Persian traders, who had trade relations with India and Ceylon. So, oranges from southern India reached the Roman empire, and became quite popular among the nobility and the military #TheJourneyToAmerica⬇️ Oranges were introduced to America by Spanish explorers and conquerors. The Spanish explorers arrived in South America in the mid-15th century. They probably #initiated #orange #cultivation #in the #16thCentury in Cananeia, an island off the São Paulo coast in Brazil. In the United States, the first orange tree was believed to be planted by Ponce de Leon, a Spanish explorer. He planted the first orange tree near