All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. If your kids see you walking in reality with God daily, loving His Word, applying it to your life, and growing in the fruit of the Spirit, your love for God will be infectious. I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 3. Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet? And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. Dixie Blues. They would be surrounded by pagans. They kept their religious rituals, but lacked a love relationship with God. As they get older, you can venture into more didactic portions, like Romans. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. V It tells us how to think and act, from the most private to the most public details of our lives. What are some of the idols of the peoples who surround us? CHAPTER 18. Period! God made a way where they seemed to be no way. They can see that you really walk with God and are seeking to be more conformed to Jesus Christ. 8 Reasons Why Obedience to God Is Important 1. First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people. He will be one of your own people. You want your kids to see both from your life and from your teaching that the Bible is a book that applies to every aspect of life. John Pipers website (desiringGod.org) has a helpful one. When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? For the LORD God Almighty declares, "I will stir up a nation against you, Israel, that will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah." "But, behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel," Says the LORD God of hosts; "And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath To the Valley of the Arabah." It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. My Lord's gonna move this wicked race This wicked race, this wicked race My Lord's gonna move this wicked race And raise up a nation that shall obey Sister Mary wore three links of chain Three links of chain, three links of chain Sister Mary wore three links of chain And every link was in my Jesus name Nicodemus he desire to know Desire to know, desire to know Nicodemus he desire to know How . Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it. And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. 2:4-5)? But when youve got plenty, you tend to take it for granted. Genesis 11:8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. Therefore wait for me, declares the Lord, for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. God, we pray that you will tear down the ungodly wicked, evil and corrupt leaders throughout our nation, and raise up honest and courageous men and women who love you and will serve people with faith, courage, honesty, and integrity! They grumbled because there wasnt any water. And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments. Its easy to drift into the ways of the world. Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the, When He had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. They would face many temptations in the land. Pray constantly that you wont lose your first love for Jesus Christ. D And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. Loving God is not just a matter of having warm feelings about Him, although we should feel love for Him. Theres the idol of affluence. From 1977-1992 he was the pastor of Lake Gregory Community Church in Crestline, California. If youre not careful, you forget the Lord and then its easy to worship other gods. Moses says (Deut. but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the. If we say that we know and love God, but dont obey His commandments, were either deceived or lying (1 John 2:3; 5:3). As his disciples, we follow Christ's example as well as his commands. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. And he said, Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. Some Jews, for example, obeyed verses 8 and 9 literally. But we can make an impact for Christ on this world if we raise up godly generations by loving God fervently, teaching our children diligently, and living in the world carefully. They wanted to go back to slavery in Egypt rather than trust God to provide water. Blog, A These verses reveal two safeguards: Deuteronomy 6:12: Watch yourself, that you do not forget the Lord. When times are good, a progression sets in: First, you become satisfied with your comfy life (v. 11); then, you forget the Lord (v. 12); finally, you follow the gods of the people who surround you (v. 14). Jim Elliff (When Ball Becomes Baal) argues that many Christian families have made sports the household god. You will be visited by the Lord of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire. Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers. Avoid such people. Deuteronomy 6:7: You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. Teach diligently in Hebrew means literally to sharpen or whet. And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius). The call to hear implies that the following words are very important and must be obeyed. 3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, each against another and each against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom; He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Amos 6:14 For behold I will raise up against (Amo. She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. I guess because I live here in America, I see America first, but I know that Evil is Everywhere, and these are the days . He makes the nations great, then destroys them;He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. H 4. Father Prepare Me. But when hard trials come along, you abandon Him. Eighty-six were state senators, three were state governors, three were U.S. Prophets were not chosen or elected by men, and they were not permitted to inherit the title or regard it as an official post to be filled by a man specially trained for it. The phone invariably rings when were reading the Bible. But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 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