Regulated Chastisement

‘I am with you and will save you,’ declares the Lord.‘Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only in due measure; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’ Jeremiah 30:11. To be left uncorrected would be a fatal…

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Seekers, Finders

“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.”…

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Who Has the Majority?

“And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” 2 Kings 6:16. Horses and chariots and a great host shut up the prophet in Dothan. His young servant was alarmed. How could they escape from such a body of armed men? But the prophet had…

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Amos 9

SOUND TO SIGHT: 5 Visions of judgments to come upon Israel (Chapters 7-9). 1. Vision of Locust swarms (7:1-3) 2. Vision of Consuming fire (7:4-6), 3. Vision of the Plumb line (7:7-17) 4. Vision of the Basket of Summer fruit (8:1-14) 5. Vision of the LORD beside the altar (9:1-10) Amos 9:Vision of the Lord…

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