"Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, "We are safe" --safe to do all these detestable things?" Jeremiah 7:9-10 God had been watching the Israelites... Continue Reading →
2 Chronicles 30:7 Be Different
"Do not be like your parents and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see." 2 Chronicles 30:7 Hezekiah had become king and had the temple cleaned up and rededicated to God. He called for a celebration... Continue Reading →
2 Kings 17:7-8 A Reason For Destruction
All this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshipped other gods and followed the practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before them, as well as the practices that... Continue Reading →
2 Kings 10:31 Doing Only Half Right
Yet Jehu was not careful to keep the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit. 2 Kings 10:31 Jehu had become king and had destroyed the family of Ahab according to God's word... Continue Reading →
1 Samuel 12:25 How To Ensure Destruction
"Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish." 1 Samuel 12:25 Samuel was coming to the end of his life. He re-stated the history of the Israelites and how they kept rejecting God. He also pointed out how God had provided miraculously for them many times and in many different... Continue Reading →
