Repent and Live! Ezekiel 18:29 – Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Is my conduct unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your conduct that is unjust? 30 – “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign LORD. Repent andContinue reading “Repent and Live!”
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A Remnant Who Escapes
A Remnant Who Escapes Ezekiel 14:20 – even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were among them, as I live, says the Lord GOD, “they couldn’t save their own sons or daughters. they would only save their own souls due to their own righteousness.” 21 – This is what the Lord GOD says, “I’m sending fourContinue reading “A Remnant Who Escapes”
Job, Saved by Righteousness
Job, Saved by Righteousness Ezekiel 14:17 – “Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals. 18 – Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD,Continue reading “Job, Saved by Righteousness”
Daniel, Saved by Righteousness
Daniel, Saved by Righteousness Ezekiel 14:14 – Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the sovereign LORD. 15 – “Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers dueContinue reading “Daniel, Saved by Righteousness”
Noah, Saved by Righteousness
Noah, Saved by Righteousness Ezekiel 14:12 – The word of the LORD came to me: 13 – “Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals. 14Continue reading “Noah, Saved by Righteousness”
Starving for Righteousness
Starving for Righteousness Matthew 5:6 – “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.” In the first temptation of Jesus, in Matthew 4:3, the devil challenged Jesus to command stones to become bread in order to prove His identity. The challenge came when Jesus had already fasted forty daysContinue reading “Starving for Righteousness”
Oath of the Powerful Deliverer
Oath of the Powerful Deliverer Isaiah 45:22 – Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer. 23 – I solemnly make this oath – what I say is true and reliable: ‘Surely every knee will bow toContinue reading “Oath of the Powerful Deliverer”
Circumstances of Our Call
Circumstances of Our Call 1 Corinthians 1:26 – Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. 27 – But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose whatContinue reading “Circumstances of Our Call”
Gaining Christ
Gaining Christ Philippians 3:8 – More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! – that I may gain Christ, verse 9 – …and beContinue reading “Gaining Christ”
Vigil of the LORD
Vigil of the LORD Exodus 12:40 – Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 – At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments of the LORD went out of the land of Egypt. 42 – It was a night of vigil forContinue reading “Vigil of the LORD”
Where two are gathered 