Friday, October 24, 2008

DBR

2 Thessalonians 2
Jeremiah 47
Jeremiah 48
* RED text indicates the passages read from the Daily Bible Reading passage 
2 Thess. 2:8- “And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.”
How powerful is our God that with the breath of his mouth he destroys evil???

This passage helps warn against false prophets and tells us that people are perishing
“because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.” vs 10
People who don’t believe in Christ and refuse Him as Savior
“will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.”  vs 12
Let us not exchange truth for lies and let us not delight in evil and wickedness so we won’t be condemned. Let us fix our eyes continually on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2) and stand firm (vs 15)!

Reading through this passage of Jeremiah just made me so sad, some of the verses brought me to tears.  God is angry at the Moabites for not obeying Him and has set out to destroy them. You picture your family…

Jeremiah 47:3 “Fathers will not turn to help their children; their hands will hang limp. Jeremiah 48:4. “little ones will cry out”. Death and destruction is all around and our children are crying out for help and we’re unable to save them. Vs. 46 your sons are taken into exile and your daughters into captivity.

How imperative it is for us to teach our children how to be saved!!! One day there will be a day of judgement and we want our children to stand with us in safety!

"vs7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches" My version (NASB) says verse 7, “because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures, even you yourself will be captured”.

May we never be cocky or arrogant or prideful, but instead be humble, desiring knowledge and wisdom from God!

29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride— her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and arrogance and the haughtiness of her heart.

30 I know her insolence but it is futile,” declares the LORD, “and her boasts accomplish nothing.

Let's respond correctly!
James 4:6 “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble”

Proverbs 16:18-19 “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before stumbling. It is better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.”

Vs 8. “The destroyer will come against every town, and not a town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed, because the LORD has spoken.” 

Our God is a just God and there will be punishment for sins committed. Thank the Lord for Christ who’s our redeemer, who saves us from death, who paid for our sin!!

The day of judgement is coming! Christ will return! Are you ready???

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