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 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?
Because you have abandoned the LORD,
He has also abandoned you.’”
2 Chronicles 24:20
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.
Scriptures
Deuteronomy 30:17-18a NLT (featured above) & Jeremiah 17:5
1 Kings 9 & 11
Matthew 23
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