Tag: obedience
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First Fruits
And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. Ezekiel 44:30 When people bring up controversies because they…
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Listening to Him
And the prince who is among them shall bear his belongings on his shoulder at twilight and go out. They shall dig through the wall to carry them out through it. He shall cover his face, so that he cannot see the ground with his eyes.Ezekiel 12:12 This is a shameful departure of the Jerusalem…
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Of Images and Messages
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.Ezekiel 5:1 It is obvious that the way Ezekiel passes his messages is through graphic and symbolic images. Here,…
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Senseless Pride
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there.Jeremiah 43:2 We continue our train of thought from yesterday. These people were described as…
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Self Deceit Mode
Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.Jeremiah 42:5 When a people are in self deceit mode, you can’t really do much to help them. These people…
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The Porter and Us
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this porter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the porter’s hand, so are you in mine hand, O house of Israel.Jeremiah 18:6 If we don’t understand this simple concept that God holds our lives and is able to mould it to His…
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One Command
But this one thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.Jeremiah 7:23 When King David sang that it is only one thing He desired,…
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Engaging the Turnaround Power of Faith, Part 1c
Pastor Darlington Orji Introduction The God we serve is interested in turning things around for our sake, Ezekiel 21:27. God is committed to turning things around in our favour. Redemption is the foundation of things turning around in our life. We must first turn to God for things to turn for us. Until we turn…
