3) For a long
time Israel lived without the true God, without priests to teach them,
and without a law (It was a spiritually dry season in Israel in those
days. Sin had seemed to dry up their wells of living water of the
presence of Jehovah. But let us take notice of what they as a nation
did). 4) But when troubles and distress came, they turned to the Lord,
the God of Israel. They searched for him and THEY FOUND HIM. (Now let us
all notice the atmosphere of their
nation when they sought the Lord and FOUND HIM). 5) In those days no one
could come and go in safety (It was troubled times-tribulations),
because there was trouble and disorder in every land. 6) One nation
oppressed another nation, and one city oppressed another city, because
God was bringing and allowing trouble and distress on them. (Even when
they were being afflicted for their many transgressions, and when even the people of one city brought trouble on the next city, when friction and discord was abounding between the people, Still yet, when they came
to their senses to repent and to seek the Lord, God with favor responded
to their cry, to their seeking Him and THEY FOUND AGAIN THE FOUNTAIN OF
LIFE - JEHOVAH with them manifestly.
IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY
MY NAME....Friends we still have great and enduring hope in God thru
Jesus Christ......Jesus be honored and Jesus be glorified. Amen....deno.
Sometimes
telling it like it really is can hurt and be painful. But when Gods
truth is stood on, stood up for, and NOT COMPROMISED for any reason, God
will honor the upholders. Jesus upheld Gods word even to the cross and
not compromising that word got him the biggest and greatest reward from
God. He was given the greatest Name that is above every name and he got
the highest seat of honor forever, Jesus sits in the Throne of God at
Gods right hand. It pays to stand
up for God, to stand on His Word, to uphold and defend His Word in the
midst of all out opposition and to never compromise it no matter the
cost or the pain. How far are we willing to go to Stand up Stand up for
Jesus and all the Word of the Lord? The early church did not give in,
bend, or compromise the doctrines of Christ, nor the manifold counsel of
God even though fed to the lions. The times we live in now are not for
childish fantasies or church game playing or have you not noticed this
yet? Those in authority are purposely pushing the buttons of the Church
to see the level of our sincerity, commitment, courage, luke warmness, compromise, and toleration.
Remember the song of the three that took the great uncompromising stand in Daniels day? They didn't
bow, they didn't bend, THEY DIDN'T BURN......deno.....share freely.
If your raging disobedient child shouted to you while you were
chastising her these words, she said, "Mom, Dad leave me alone, after all the preacher said that Jesus
said, judge not and condemn not". Would you walk away from your child and
say well its ok for her to go to those wild parties, get drunk, get
pregnant, do all she wants with whomever and with whatever, after all
Jesus said judge not and condemn not? No you wouldn't do that, not if
you really cared for her. You would with loving parenting authority
discipline her and tell her RIGHT FROM WRONG. Many think judge not and
condemn not means to tolerate anyone and everything, but that is in no
way what Jesus meant by those words....REPENT. We cannot have the
believing part without the repenting part. We cannot have the believing
part and cast off the repenting part.The combination of the two is the
winning combination in the TRUE GOSPEL.
Before Jesus ever said the
word BELIEVE or said anything about BELIEVING, He said first the word
REPENT...Mark 1:14-15....My gospel idea for years was one of belief
without true repentance or holiness. Eventually I ran into Gods rebuke
about my gospel idea....So glad I did.....deno.
Lord
she said, with all that I am having to deal with from the cares of this
life and from its daily pressures, responsibilities, and weight, would you please Please just not
call this thing that I'm doing and involved in a sin? A voice answers, "Sure my child, whatever you wish,
for I love you and care for you and all is well. After all, if it feels
good then for sure it must be right, right? Do what you will. Go ahead my sweet princess
that I love so dearly, call all your fiends, get your thrill and have your fun".....That
is the voice of Satan, not Jesus. It is the sweet sounding subtle
quiet voice that so many in this generation are guided and led by from
sin unto more sin unto the Judgement.
The gay life style, if it were normal naturally occurring behavior
why then is it that no where, not even in one single sentence of the
holy print of the scriptures ever called the beauty of heaven, or the
way of the Lord, or the right path. God always addressed the gay act as
sin that must be repented of. Jesus even said, Had the people of Sodom
seen His works, THEY WOULD HAVE REPENTED AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
SPARED. This means they would have confessed that behavior was
sin, was wrong and would have forsaken that act and life style unto
salvation. In other words they would have stopped doing this act. They would go and sin no more. But some love
and enjoy this act (Sin) and life style, and for them the fire of Gods
word on this matter burns. It even causes rage from conviction. Gods
word does that some time. The more we love darkness, the more
we love the pleasure of our sin, the more we love this world, then the
more GODS TRUE WORD TROUBLES OUR SPIRITS AND CONSCIOUS.....and Jesus
said, Had the people of Sodom seen His works (THE HEALINGS AND THE
MIRACLES) they would have REPENTED. He in no place said they would have
marched for their right to do this sin. THEY WOULD HAVE TURNED FROM IT.
THEY WOULD HAVE REPENTED. The work of the Lord does not approve
or condone this sin, this behavior, and the works Jesus did were done
in part so that all of us would know and see that Gods power and truth
is in Jesus His Son and that Gods authority is something all will reckon
with in the Judgement. God has the ultimate and final say so. He is the
beginning and He is the end. People fight and fuss over
this issue. But God who is the same yesterday, today and forever has
never compromised or changed His word or His law or His mind on this
sin. He still commands all to REPENT. Seems that America and
the world are blind to the effects of what children seeing this sin
openly expressed in public, what it will eventually do to their
discernment of what is right and of what is wrong, of what is light and
of what is of darkness being that it is made openly acceptable in the
society and called NORMAL BEHAVIOR. If this is not considered sin in
human behavior then no other sexual sin in the bible such as fornication
and adultery will be considered a sin or wrong in that
society.....Behold the day of the great falling away from the Lord has
come 2 Thessalonians 2:1-13. For God so love the world that He gave His only begotten Son.....And the Son He sent, His first word preached was REPENT. He said repent, before he ever said one word about believing. Repent is a true priority Word given us from the Lord himself. Please don't ignore it......deno.
