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Beloved brother in Christ, dear sister in our Lord — encourage one another. This is the message of the Apostle Paul to the Church. And recall Jesus’ new Commandment to ‘Love one another as I have loved you.
Agape love must be both active and personal in the believer who obeys our Lord Jesus Christ.
WE do NOT like to be told the consequence of our SIN against the Lord. Preaching consequence of turning against God often begets more sin. Jesus was crucified on a Cross and Prophets of Israel suffered for preaching what God Commanded in the Law.
Blessing IF you obey OR Curse IF your heart turns away
We began in the New Testament Gospel, looked back to Deuteronomy and TODAY will return to the consequence of turning against the Lord.
“… whoever does not obey [apeitheō– {from G545; to disbelieve (wilfully and perversely)}]
the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
John 3:36b {after the ‘God so loved the world’ invitation to grace in 3:16)
“But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed.
– Deuteronomy 30:17-18a NLT – the Word of the LORD through Moses
Then the Spirit of God covered Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest like clothing; and he stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God has said, ‘Why do you break the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper?
So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
Preaching consequence from history
IF you are anything like me you likely dozed off a time or two during history class. And when we read the historical record from Moses to Jesus we miss some preaching of consequence to which we ought to have paid attention.
So in today’s conclusion of this 3-part Summer Scriptural Rerun you may find a warning or two of consequence you never heard preached or rarely read in the Bible.
What is the consequence of broken promise? WE seldom consider CLEAR consequences. Whether Old TestamentCommandment, warning of a Prophet or New Testament Command of the Lord Christ Jesus, SO OFTEN WE do not have ‘ears to hear’ the promised consequence of disobedience to God.
DO YOU REMEMBER when someone PROMISED to do something for you?
And THEY broke their promise?
What IF WE break our promise to God?
Followers of the LORD make many Covenants with God. New and Old Testaments both provide us with Scriptural assurance of blessings. BUT IF we abandon our PROMISE to GOD, clear consequences await us. (Curse, rather than Blessing.)
Christians should not expect grace without genuine repentance for our sin against God.
Click ‘Continue reading to view / TYPE “God’s Personal Love in SEARCH to read more of this series.
Old Testament Promises: Blessing OR the Consequence of Curse
Earlier in our Summer Scriptural Reruns I also pointed us back to this important look at the Law from Deuteronomy in D.C. al Coda – Deuteronomy – But IF...
‘Will the LORD not surely do what He has said?’ focused on Jesus’ Command from the Gospel of John in PART 1. TODAY we return to OLD TESTAMENT promises. These Scriptures build a firm foundation and confidence in what GOD has really said.
But IF you break it.. What is the consequence of broken promise?
Again, I point us to a Scripture which connects our theme: hearing the consequence of a broken promise.
“This is what God has said, ‘Why do you break the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper?
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