Tag: repentance
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Stubbornly Unrepentant
They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.Jeremiah 44:10 The stubbornness of these people is legendary. Even when confronted with God’s judgement, they remained stubborn and unrepentant. They were even attributing their suffering…
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Divine Restoration
For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave their fathers, and they shall possess it.Jeremiah 30:3 This is a message of God’s restoration. It gives hope…
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He Wants Us to Repent
And if so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.Jeremiah 26:3 When God is the one giving us the leeway, one wonders if people will be smart enough…
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Truly Repentant
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.Jeremiah 14:20 True repentance starts with acknowledging our sins. If we brush over our wickedness and pretend we are good when we are not, how do we expect God’s forgiveness? A proverb says that you won’t be long…
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Just One Person
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth, and I will pardon it.Jeremiah 5:1 Many times we think of God as that big headmaster just…
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A Contrite Spirit
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.Isaiah 66:2 Let’s continue our conversation about God’s measuring standards. You see, we have our own ideas…
