Tag: chronicles
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Jerusalem – a City Stirred Up
Then the whole city was provoked… Acts of the Apostles 21:30 NASB20 CROWD REACTIONS with violence, retribution and vengeance, WAR between two opposing forces where some claim PEACE while others besiege it with competing claims of war and tolerance… Nothing is new under the sun, most especially in Israel ! Jerusalem, Jerusalem! ~ In the…
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Thanks-taking feasts of C.E. humankind
A BIG meal of little thanks in a long season of thanklessness. Giving Thanks to the LORD O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 1 Chronicles 16: KJV – v.34 16:34 הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה We know the concept well — yāḏâ Yᵊhōvâ, from the Hebrew. This instance…
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Confidence in Troubled Times – Psalm 94
(from times Before Christ) You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to capture the wicked. Psalm 94:3 New Living Translation Confidence in troubled times (even Before Christ) WE THE PEOPLE of every nation have heard it before. ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ Today’s Short Take on Scripture for ASH WEDNESDAY in the year…
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your heart turns away… Will the LORD not surely do -3
Preaching Consequence! 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…
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But IF: the Consequence of broken promise – Will the LORD not surely do -2
So what! Did you HEAR the consequences? What is the consequence of broken promise? WE seldom consider CLEAR consequences. Whether Old Testament Commandment, 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…
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Will the LORD not surely do what He has said? – 1
Scripture is what He has said If you have been following this summer’s series of Doctrinal posts on talkofJESUS.COM you have just read about Sola Scripture, that is: Only Scripture. And IF you believe ‘what is written’ then you know that both blessings and curses are conditional. Scripture also speaks for the LORD! God commands.…
