Tag: repentance
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Restoration
Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. Ezekiel 39:28 God’s mercy knows no bounds. Let’s read carefully this scriptural reference. It is…
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The Watchman
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. Ezekiel 33:7 The duty of the watchman is easy and also not easy at the same time. Ask me why. Throughout this chapter, the…
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God’s Word Against Four Kingdoms
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying: Ezekiel 25:1 Four kingdoms, four prophecies: all exuding God’s displeasure at them for rejoicing over Israel’s misfortune. This tells us that it is dangerous to laugh at the misfortune of others, especially where God is teaching them a lesson. You know why? None of us…
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Ezekiel a Sign
Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord God. Ezekiel 24:24 Being a sign in this sort of manner is scary. As a prophet, Ezekiel was told he would lose his wife but must not…
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Wicked Counsellors
And He said to me: “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city.”Ezekiel 11:2 The truth is that, as we would say in Ibadan, God knows the address of your house. You may be doing wickedness, doing all sorts of things that in your sight are…
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Taking Responsibility
Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.Lamentations 5:21 This scripture represents a heart that is ready to change its ways. When you look through this chapter, you see a documentation of the terrible things the Jews had gone through recorded here. They were really…
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Before It Is Too Late
The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against His commandment; hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.Lamentations 1:18 Today, we move to the book of Lamentations, which follows the book of Jeremiah. Note that it was also written by Jeremiah. It…
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The People or the Building?
Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.Jeremiah 52:17 When a Yoruba proverb says that the child you didn’t train will sell the…
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His Compassion is a Shield
In those days and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserved.Jeremiah 50:20 This is a blissful future that God has promised Israel after they…
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His Compassion Fails Not
Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.Jeremiah 48:47 We read of the judgement of Israel; till they were brought to ruins due to their stubbornness and refusal to repent despite many warnings from God’s prophets. Here, it is the…
