Tag: salvation
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Elders and Parables
Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?Ezekiel 20:49 Ezekiel for once protested. When he received multiple messages for the elders of Israel about the series of accusation God gave concerning them and their stubbornness as a people, Ezekiel had to say that he was being looked at…
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Lamenting the Nigerian Princes
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel.Ezekiel 19:1 Yesterday, we had an interfaith religious gathering in honour of the Bursar of National Open University of Nigeria on campus at the NOUN HQ. He was murdered on Sunday by armed bandits on his way back from visiting his family in Gusau. It…
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The Power of Generational Choices
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.Ezekiel 18:20 The most scary part of Ezekiel 18 to…
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Beauty of the Lord
And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.Ezekiel 16:14 You know, this verse stood out for me today in the midst of 60+ verses of this chapter. You know why? it is clear that any…
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You Can Reason with God!
The said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.Ezekiel 4:14 Now what is striking here is that when God was…
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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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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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He Loves the Children
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.Jeremiah 49:11 The compassionate God never leaves the orphan and widows without His care. Even though Edom and other nations who have also offended before God were being punished for their recalcitrance, He still showed compassion to the children caught…
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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…
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Ambition or Vision
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.Jeremiah 45:5 This promise is to one man. I think it is also for all. It is…
