How real is our individual faiths? Are there any superficial decorations upon our faith? There is a passage in Zephaniah, speaking of the judgment of Nineveh, which speaks of this. It says, "And He will stretch out His hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a …
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A Poor Deliverer
During The Day of The LORD, no amount of wealth will be able to help. No one will have a store of food large enough, a shelter deep enough, wealth vast enough. In fact, God says that money will do absolutely no good in the Day, "when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth." [Isa …
Three Things to Avoid
In the book of Jeremiah, The LORD mentions three things which are "horrible." From these we find warnings which are even applicable to us and our culture today. The people had itching ears. False prophets which proclaimed "peace, peace" abounded, and though it was false, the people loved it. "A wonderful and horrible thing is …
Avoid the World’s Hire
When trouble comes, to our lives or to our nation, what we have hired out of the world isn't going to help us. Everything that we have bought or put effort into in an attempt to remain safe, healthy, happy, wealthy, etc… those things will be like, as The LORD points out through Jeremiah, "bullocks …
Pure From Others’ Blood
We cannot shun to declare the whole counsel of God. The whole counsel of God, and not just the comfortable and sweet parts, must be proclaimed. Those parts which are convicting and uncomfortable must be spoken and not left out. Otherwise, we will have the blood of those we are speaking to on our hands. …