Brother, I think it best to write to you. Where is the joy, the peace, and the power in your writing? Like Isaac said, “Where is the lamb?” I know the doctrine is there - the belief in calvinism, etc - but where is the spirit of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.” vs16 Delight is part of serving God. We are not slaves motivated by fear and self-righteousness! We are sons who love God in the new creation. We are born again to serve...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"I will keep Your statutes; never abandon me." vs8 This is a positive affirmation of the new man. Yet, it is also a plea for help! The new man is not independent but God-dependent. He has no power of his own, which is the secret of his strength....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen. But Nebuzaradan captain...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out. May the violence done to me and to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut. vs13 Eventually, the end will come, and we must be ready! We must prepare to meet God, now, lest He catch us unawares and unworthy. Believe on...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“I WILL FORGIVE” [Jer 50:17-20] Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” Therefore this is what the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock. For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives. Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,”...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
