He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away; 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; For behold, I will command, and shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes with a sieve, but no pebble shall fall to the earth. More than 60 were physicians. It controls them. Im not saying that you have to be perfect. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.read more.He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the kings house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, just as the Lord had said. And I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. The smoke from her goes up forever and ever. And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, Amen. Jeremiah 12:17 Context. More than 100 were lawyers and judges. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. 22:41-45; Isa.6:8; 9:6; 42:1.) If we faced the threat of being arrested for gathering as a church, everyone here would be actively trusting in the Lord. The nation must turn to God The greatest problem our country is facing today is not political; it is spiritual. Genuine Christianity is growing to know God better through His Word and obeying Him more and more, beginning on the heart or thought level, motivated by His great love for us as seen at the cross. K Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. 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. Raise R-U-K-U-S Tonight. Isaiah 60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 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. After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, Hallelujah! As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?. When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come! And out came another horse, bright red. Our text tells us not only how to raise up godly children, but also godly grandchildren (Deut. But since we currently are free to come to church, you dont have to trust God to be here. Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. . First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people. And he called out with a mighty voice, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! 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. 17 But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD." Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk. And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. Nahum 1 teaches that God is _____. 11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor. In 1900, a man studied the descendants of Jonathan and Sarah Edwards, the New England revival preacher, theologian, and president of Princeton University. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase., And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. Your kids will see the reality of your love for God. 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. I guess because I live here in America, I see America first, but I know that Evil is Everywhere, and these are the days . In Revelation 1:8, the Lord God says, I am the Alpha and the Omega, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. In Revelation 22:13, Jesus says, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Jesus is the Lord God! Genesis 11:8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. We arent guaranteed of leaving such an impressive legacy. And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They took pride in wearing these verses in little boxes strapped to their hands and foreheads, and putting them in boxes by their doors and on their gateposts. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.. You follow this idol when you use the true God for the benefits He gives. 45:5), I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides Me there is no God. He is one God who exists in three co-equal, co-eternal persons, as implied in several places in the Old Testament, and made explicit in the New. Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. When our services of God are soured with sin, his providences will justly be made bitter to us. You cannot pass on to your children what you do not possess. Also, you must love Him with your total being. But most of the biblical commands are aimed at fathers. In the whole land, declares the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive. Which is more important in child rearing: A parents genuine love for God or proper techniques and methods? His commands are like the rules of the road. Charles remarked to Carolyn, Now if thats not success, I dont know what is!. If youre often angry and yell at your kids at home, but then put on your Christian front when you go to church, your kids will conclude, If thats Christianity, I dont need it! If your kids see you and your wife angrily yelling at each other and not resolving conflicts in a godly way, but then you go to church and posture yourselves as an exemplary Christian family, your kids conclude that Christianity is just a religious game that doesnt affect real life. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. The idea of heart, soul, and might (Jesus adds mind, Matt. 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. Obedience Is an Act of Worship Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword. Psalm 145:21 - "My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD. Theres the idol of affluence. . Why/why not? 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every . Those rules arent to take our fun away; theyre to keep us safe. It tells us how to think and act, from the most private to the most public details of our lives. 8 Reasons Why Obedience to God Is Important 1. S Does Proverbs 22:6 promise for certain that if we raise our children properly they will not go astray? 2. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste. Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced. But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, Arise, devour much flesh. And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. As they get older, you can venture into more didactic portions, like Romans. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. Alas! There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. M Your goal is to teach your kids to please God with all their lives. When your children are young, keep it short and use the story parts of the Bible. R So how can we, as Christian parents, raise up godly generations? Z. Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. We just had Black Friday and Cyber Monday, when retailers try to get us to rack up credit card debt because we think we need more stuff to be happy. But the idea rather is making Gods commandments central in your life so that youre thinking about them all the time. But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, said the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath to the river of the wilderness. As his disciples, we follow Christ's example as well as his commands. He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace. Deuteronomy 6:4-6: Hear, O Israel! Geocoding 22:37-38) identified loving God as the great and foremost commandment in Scripture. 6:5-6), You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. We should never forget that everything the prophets predicted about the future was always intended to produce obedience in the present. 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