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09/20/2025

Genesis 32:1-28 (KJV)
1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

09/13/2025

Jeremiah 3:6-22 (MSG)
6 GOD spoke to me during the reign of King Josiah: "You have noticed, haven't you, how fickle Israel has visited every hill and grove of trees as a w***e at large?
7 I assumed that after she had gotten it out of her system, she'd come back, but she didn't. Her flighty sister, Judah, saw what she did.
8 She also saw that because of fickle Israel's loose morals I threw her out, gave her her walking papers. But that didn't faze flighty sister Judah. She went out, big as you please, and took up a w***e's life also.
9 She took up cheap sex-and-religion as a sideline diversion, an indulgent recreation, and used anything and anyone, flouting sanity and sanctity alike, stinking up the country.
10 And not once in all this did flighty sister Judah even give me a nod, although she made a show of it from time to time." GOD's Decree.
11 Then GOD told me, "Fickle Israel was a good sight better than flighty Judah.
12 Go and preach this message. Face north toward Israel and say: " 'Turn back, fickle Israel. I'm not just hanging back to punish you. I'm committed in love to you. My anger doesn't seethe nonstop.
13 Just admit your guilt. Admit your God-defiance. Admit to your promiscuous life with casual partners, pulling strangers into the sex-and-religion groves While turning a deaf ear to me.' " GOD's Decree.
14 "Come back, wandering children!" GOD's Decree. "I, yes I, am your true husband. I'll pick you out one by one— This one from the city, these two from the country— and bring you to Zion.
15 I'll give you good shepherd-rulers who rule my way, who rule you with intelligence and wisdom.
16 "And this is what will happen: You will increase and prosper in the land. The time will come"—GOD's Decree!—"when no one will say any longer, 'Oh, for the good old days! Remember the Ark of the Covenant?' It won't even occur to anyone to say it—'the good old days.' The so-called good old days of the Ark are gone for good.
17 "Jerusalem will be the new Ark—'GOD's Throne.' All the godless nations, no longer stuck in the ruts of their evil ways, will gather there to honor GOD.
18 "At that time, the House of Judah will join up with the House of Israel. Holding hands, they'll leave the north country and come to the land I willed to your ancestors.
19 "I planned what I'd say if you returned to me: 'Good! I'll bring you back into the family. I'll give you choice land, land that the godless nations would die for.' And I imagined that you would say, 'Dear father!' and would never again go off and leave me.
20 But no luck. Like a false-hearted woman walking out on her husband, you, the whole family of Israel, have proven false to me." GOD's Decree.
21 The sound of voices comes drifting out of the hills, the unhappy sound of Israel's crying, Israel lamenting the wasted years, never once giving her God a thought.
22 "Come back, wandering children! I can heal your wanderlust!" "We're here! We've come back to you. You're our own true GOD!

12/21/2024

Isaiah 59: 1 – 4, 7 – 9, 12 – 13 English Standard Version
1 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways.
8 The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked; no one who treads on them knows peace.
9 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:
13 transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
The breakup of a loving relationship is a tragic and heartrending experience. When two people genuinely love each other, their being apart causes them deep pain and suffering.
Their hearts long for the companionship of the person they love. But what is most damaging, even devastating, is when one of the partners ceases to love the other, becoming hostile, and severing the relationship. Unbearable pain usually surges through the heart of the rejected partner. Unfaithfulness—whether caused by disloyalty, betrayal, breach of trust, deceitfulness, infidelity, or treachery—oftentimes enters the picture. Few experiences cause as much anguish as rejected love and broken trust. Just imagine the pain and heartbreak God endures every day as a result of our rejection and unfaithfulness! The entire world has become guilty of wickedness, and sin has separated the human race from God.
The wicked of the world have a problem of terrible and disastrous proportions: their sins have separated them from God. The Israelites were perplexed because God had not delivered them from their hardships and distress. Apparently they had been crying out in prayer for some time, seeking the Lord’s help. But no help had been forthcoming. They simply could not understand why, so God sent His prophet Isaiah to explain.
First, the people needed to understand one unmistakable fact: God could save them. He could hear and answer their prayers. His arm (power) was never too short to reach out to help His people. He had the power to embrace them and deliver them from any hardship, difficulty, circumstance, or enemy. His ear was not deaf. It was very sensitive and alert. God HAD always heard every word spoken by them and was as ready and willing to hear the prayers of His people and immediately act to save them, but for one problem: sin.
Sin is a barrier that separates people from God. The wicked are separated, alienated from God due to their sins. When people lie, steal, or abuse and oppress others, God has to turn His face away from them because of their terrible behavior. God is holy. He dwells in perfect righteousness, and He loves, cares for, and has deep concern for every human being. He longs for everyone to know the fullness of love, joy, and peace. Consequently, He will not tolerate wickedness or the mistreatment of others by any means, be it thievery, immorality, greed, covetousness, or any other oppressive acts. When people sin, THEY CHOOSE TO LIVE APART FROM GOD. For that reason, God turns His face away and will not answer their prayers. No matter how religious people may be or how strongly they profess to trust God, their wicked behavior alienates them from God, and He will not respond to their pleas. Furthermore the wicked will reap exactly what they have sown—oppression and mistreatment by their enemies.
(James 4:3). “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts”
(Ps.66:18). “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me”
The wicked are guilty of the most terrible sins and evil. Sinful behavior should arouse everyone’s heart to combat all forms of wickedness. Wicked behavior damages lives, sometimes causing terrible pain, suffering, and even death. Wickedness always cuts the heart of God to the core, arousing His anger. Sin is universal and we are all guilty of sin. The human heart is sinful and selfish beyond comprehension. Our only hope is in the mercy and compassion of the Lord. “ “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).
(1 John.1:8). “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us”
(1 Kings 8:46). “There is no man that sinneth not”
Wicked people bring lawlessness to society – such as stealing, assaulting, and killing disturbs the peace. Lawlessness is the force behind oppression, injustice, and unrighteousness. If rebellious and unmanageable people are given free rein, they soon take over communities and chaos and turmoil follow. Soon thereafter the stronger, more domineering individuals begin to control the communities and abuse the citizens. In Isaiah’s day many of the people were living wicked lives. Even when a godly ruler took the throne, most of the people continued in their lawless ways. As a result, little justice or righteousness could be found within society. Both the people and the courts were gripped by a spirit of injustice.
(Ephesians 6:8). “But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons”
(1 John 5:17). “All unrighteousness is sin”
Disappointment, despair, and hopelessness gripped society due to all the wicked, lawless behavior. The few moral and righteous people within the nation looked for a bright light, for some hope, but they saw only darkness.
Spiritual blindness is one of the major results of sin in society. When people forget God and become corrupt, they are like blind men trying to find their way in the dark. They stumble and grope about trying to hang on to something to keep from falling and injuring themselves. Being blind, they cannot even know if they are going in the right direction. The spiritually blind are totally uncertain of what is ahead - their future is no more certain than that of the dead. They are spiritually blind, without God in this world - they are without hope. To be without God is to be without a moral compass, without guidance and direction, without encouragement and hope.
(2 Corinthians 4:4-5). “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake”
Sin always causes suffering in society leading to hostility. When mistreated, many people retaliate in anger, seeking revenge. Wickedness is the source of immeasurable anguish and misery. Whether the infidelity of a husband, the assault and battery of a thief, the abuse of a child, or a false accusation—wicked behavior always harms someone.
Sinful behavior dooms people, both individually and as a society. People may look for justice and deliverance, but if they continue in sin, their search will be futile. The testimony of Isaiah was that his generation looked for justice but found none. They looked for deliverance, but it was far away. What they had sowed, they reaped. So it is with every person in society. The life we sow is the life we will reap. If we sow wickedness, we will reap wickedness. If we sow rejection of God, we will reap God’s rejection. If we choose to live apart from God, we will be separated from Him eternally. Wickedness dooms both people and society.
(Galatians 6:7). “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap”
The wicked have only one hope, and that is to confess their sins. Isaiah offered up prayer for the people – he became their intercessor just as we, the righteous must become intercessors for this nation. With a spirit of wickedness sweeping throughout the land and controlling society, confession before the Lord was desperately needed.
(1 John1:7) “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”
(2 Chronicles 7:14). “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land”
(Proverbs 28:13). “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy”
Throughout history, the Lord has insisted that vengeance belongs to Him. When He is ready, He will execute a just retribution against all the wicked who have defied, denied, and rejected Him as well as those who have cursed His holy name and persecuted His people. In the Day of Judgment, God will execute perfect justice. All people will be paid exactly what is due them—nothing more and nothing less. No one will escape. All will receive full payment for their sinful behavior. All the earth will face God’s wrath and judgment.
We, all of humanity, must pay attention to the wonderful promise of God, that of the coming Redeemer. The promised Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, is returning to earth.
Warning precedes destruction. Aware of this truth – the soon arrival of Christ to rapture His Church – we have time to get things right. Now is the time to confess and repent of our sins so that we are ready when Jesus comes. 1 John 1:9 (ISV) - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us those sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

07/16/2024

I AM DETERMINED TO WALK WITH JESUS – ALL THE WAY
Amos 3:3 (ASV) - Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

Imagine the Creator of the universe, the Lord God Almighty, choosing a human being to be His companion. Imagine His choosing to walk and talk and share with us. Yet this is exactly what the Lord has done for the human race. The Lord has offered us the wonderful privilege of knowing Him personally and intimately, of fellowshipping and communing with Him in the closest bond imaginable. In addition, the Lord offers us the privilege of His care, provision, protection, peace, purpose, and fulfillment—all the good and perfect gifts of life. Being chosen by God is the greatest privilege in all the world.
First and foremost we are made to know that if we are not totally in agreement with God – we are not walking with Him. No matter what denomination we are affiliated with – even if it is none denominational – if we are not walking, as best we can, in agreement with God’s will, purpose and plan for our lives – we are not walking with Him at all.
First and foremost, we are admonished by the Word of God to come into a relationship with Him through faith in and a confident trust in the finished work of Jesus who sacrificed His life to atone for our sins. Romans 10:8-13 (ASV)
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach: because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame – for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
This has nothing to do with religion – it has everything to do with being in relation to God, our Father, though, or as a result of the atoning sacrifice He made. Amos 3:3 (ASV) - Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
As we walk with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ we must be in complete agreement with Him. His thoughts and ways are not our thoughts and ways. Isaiah 55:7-11 (KJV)
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Forsake your ways and the ways of the world and do you can to come into agreement with the Lord.
The second thing is that we should have and exercise faith in God and His promises. “Without faith it is impossible to please the Lord.” we should have a faith that proves it is genuine in that our actions also agree with what we are proclaiming. “Faith without works is dead.”
Let’s talk a little a bit about what God is saying to us in the passage of Scripture. Amos 3:3 (ASV) - Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
Again imagine the Creator of the universe, the Lord God Almighty, choosing a human being to be His companion, choosing to walk and talk and share with us. It is very important that we accept and understand this fact – we didn’t choose God, He choose us. “You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last,. . . . . John 15:16 (ISV)
Out of all He could have chosen, He chose us. I don’t know about you but He had to reach way-down to get me but thanks be to God He did. He forgave us of all the sins we may have committed as well as those we may presently be committing are may commit sometime in the future. He sanctified us, setting us apart from the world, our fleshly desires, and the influence the devil “HAD” on us. He set us aside to live a righteous life before Him and others.. He anointed us with the power of the Holy Spirit, who lives in us, authorizing and appointing us to the task of reaching the whole world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which is His ways and means to bring all unto salvation. It is His will that all are saved and that none perish.

Believers are chosen and appointed for three specific reasons
1. To go forth as ambassadors for Christ, proclaim the message of the Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, so that all may be saved. Romans 10:13-15 (ASV)
13 for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!
2. To bear fruit. To bring as many to Christ so that they might also be saved.
3. To receive the things of God. There is nothing too hard for God – nothing so far out of reach that God is not able to touch or grab it. He can and will supply our every need, according to His riches in glory. After all, God owns everything and everybody. There wasn’t anything made, or person created that God didn’t make and/or create. The earth (universe belongs to God – as well as all its inhabitants - the gold and silver are His – the cattle on thousands/millions of hill are His. Let’s look at our Scripture text again. Amos 3:3 (ASV) - Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
The present Scripture shows how God chose the Israelites and, sadly, how the Israelites rejected the privileges God gave them. They refused to follow the Lord and rejected His Holy Word and commandments. Instead of obeying the Lord they chose to live selfishly and unrighteously. As a result, God pronounced judgment on His chosen people.
God summoned His chosen people to listen closely. Through Amos, He gave three reasons why He would punish them.
a. The Israelites ignored God’s salvation. Amos addressed this message to the entire family of Israelites. By far, most of the people rejected God’s glorious salvation. They dishonored His Holy Name and His wonderful deliverance of the nation down through the generations. Centuries earlier God had saved them from Egyptian bo***ge, a symbol of the world and its enslavements. Among all the families of the earth, the Lord had reached down and chosen the Israelites for the high privilege and supreme honor of being His holy people. They were chosen for two primary purposes:
i. to be the channel through whom the Lord would send His Holy Word and the Savior into the world
ii. to bear strong witness to the world that the Lord—He and He alone—is the living and true God
Nevertheless, the people dishonored the privilege given them. They did not respond by loving God, nor did they offer up thanksgiving and praise for what He had done. They refused to follow God. Although they professed to know the Lord, they did not live for Him. They did not live righteously nor obey His holy commandments. Their profession was false; consequently, they degraded their witness and brought shame to the Name of the Lord in the eyes of the world. As a result, the Lord would punish the Israelites for all their sins. Why be punished for you sins when you can be forgiven of them?
We must not ignore the offer of God’s glorious salvation. Doing so will lead to our judgment, judgment from which there will be no escape.
b. The Israelites did not walk with God. To the contrary, they chose to walk through life without God. Tragically, the course chosen by the Israelites was entirely different and in the exact opposite direction from the righteous path laid out by God for the human race. For that reason, they stood condemned and were to face the judgment of God.
Standing before the audience, Amos used a series of rhetorical questions to stir the people to think. The questions explained why judgment was to fall upon them. God’s judgment was aroused because of their disobedient behavior. Note how these questions are an argument for cause and effect. If the people were to suffer God’s judgment (which is the effect), it was because they stood guilty before God (which is the cause). The Israelites were guilty of not walking with God.
The people did not agree with God and therefore were not able to walk with God. Two people can walk together only if they agree to follow the same path and to walk side by side. The Israelites did not agree to follow the Lord’s path of righteousness nor to walk through life with the Lord. They did not agree with His Holy Word and commandments.
The people aroused the roar of God’s judgment (the lion) and became the target of His punishment. It was their sin that aroused God and caused them to become His prey.
The people fell into the trap of sin just like a bird falls into a snare; therefore, the spring of the trap—God’s judgment—was to snap shut and catch them. Getting out or getting away was no longer an option.
The people did not fear the warning of God. When they heard the trumpet sound of God’s coming judgment, they should have trembled. They should have immediately joined the Lord as He walked along the path of righteousness. But they ignored and rejected the warning signs of impending doom.
The people did not know that disasters are a warning from God. God uses trials and trouble to arouse people either to repent and turn back to Him or, if they already know Him, to draw closer to Him. But the Israelites rejected the idea that God would bring disaster upon them. After all, they professed to know the Lord, and they possessed His Holy Word. Hence, they felt eternally secure. They felt that no matter how they lived, their profession and God’s Word assured them that He would never judge them. They ignored the fact that a person who truly believes in the Lord will cast himself upon God, trusting and following Him along the path of righteousness. True belief involves both trust and righteousness. Since the Israelites did not walk with the Lord, they failed to know that disasters were a warning from God.
The people rejected the warnings of the prophets. God revealed His plans (secrets) of judgment through them over and over again. But when the prophets proclaimed the revelation of God’s coming judgment, the people rejected both the messages and the messengers. They refused to repent, refused to turn back to God and walk with Him in righteousness.
The people stubbornly refused to fear the roar of God’s warnings. Although the lion—God Himself—had given fair warning of coming judgment, the people refused to tremble, refused to walk with the Lord. Nevertheless, Amos shouted out that he would continue to warn the people. The Sovereign Lord Himself had spoken, and once He had spoken, His prophet was constrained to proclaim God’s message.
As we walk throughout life, we are to walk with the Lord – not with the mayor, the governor, or even the president – our walk must be with Jesus. We are to follow the path of righteousness laid out for us by God. Satan is out to trap us with every snare imaginable. For this reason, we need to actively seek the Lord in order to know Him better and to understand His will for us. We need to pray for wisdom to discern what God is trying to say to us through the events happening in our lives. God is loving and He will do everything in His power to draw us to Him. That is not to say God’s power is limited or insufficient to draw us to Him. Rather, God created man and woman with a free will. He wants us to choose to love Him, to follow Him, and to walk in His ways. In addition, He has given us so many reasons to do just that: His love, forgiveness, deliverance, salvation, mercy, compassion, care, and protection, to name a few.
Still, we so often choose to walk down our own path, feeling secure in our self-righteousness, ignoring all the signals and warnings God sends our way. For this very reason, we must stop and pay attention to what God is saying.
If we ignore God, if we stray from God, if we reject, disobey, or fail to fear God, we too will face His righteous judgment. Therefore, we should no longer walk in the sinful ways of this world.
c. The Israelites set an evil example before the world. Their sins were so utterly shocking that Amos summoned the surrounding nations to witness the scandalous behavior of Israel’s citizens. Keep in mind that Israel professed to know the Lord. Therefore, when Israel’s behavior differed so much from what the people professed, their neighbors were astounded. How could a people claim to know the Lord and to possess His Holy Word, yet do the very opposite of what they professed and what the Lord’s Word commanded? In the eyes of the world, the profession of the Israelites was a sham. They were nothing but hypocrites, far worse than the other surrounding heathen nations. What they saw was appalling, a society guilty of unimaginable evil:
Righteousness could scarcely be found, with very few people even knowing how to do right. This is the charge God made against them – they were ignorant of His Holy Word; therefore, they simply did not know God’s commandments nor how to go about living righteously. As born again believers, we must both know what God’s will is for us and discipline ourselves to walk in agreement with it.
We must not disobey the Lord or break His holy commandments. If we profess to know the Lord and live sinfully before the world, we dishonor and bring shame to the Name of the Lord. Tragically, we also damage our testimony before others, often shattering any chance we might have of ever leading unbelievers to Christ. For these reasons and so many more, we must not follow the evil examples of this world.
God summoned His chosen people to pay close attention: judgment was coming upon them due to their horrific sins.
Note the wonderful promise of God: despite His terrifying judgment, He would leave a remnant or small number of survivors through whom He could fulfill His promises. The promise of salvation through the coming Savior and of His Holy Word would be fulfilled. God could not and would not violate or break His holy promises (Word).
d. The nations who had been summoned earlier (Ashdod and Egypt) would testify against Israel. Then God would execute His judgment against the entire nation of Israel. The major worship center at Bethel—would be destroyed. In addition, the horns of the altar would be shattered. No longer could the guilty find sanctuary or protection by fleeing to the altar.

God’s judgment upon Israel was utterly devastating, and it was final. Never again did the Northern Kingdom of Israel rise as a nation. So it will be when Jesus Christ returns to execute judgment upon the earth. All the cities and nations of this world will be brought down, ruined; every human being who has ever lived will stand before God in judgment. We will all give an account for our behavior.

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