The Msg Bible
It is absolutely amazing how God continues to use me in this assignment as an ensign to the church. The Lord has commanded me once more and again to turn to the church and city and relay this message:
It's time for the church to truly turn back to Him. No more business as usual; no more just looking the part. It's time to take the lead and actually "BE THE CHURCH."
Jeremiah 31:21 "Set up signposts to mark your trip home. Get a good map. Study the road conditions. The road out is the road back. Come back, dear virgin Israel, come back to your hometowns. How long will you flit here and there, indecisive? How long before you make up your fickle mind? God will create a new thing in this land: A transformed woman will embrace the transforming God!"
Ezekiel 18:5 "Imagine a person who lives well, treating others fairly, keeping good relationships—doesn't eat at the pagan shrines, doesn't worship the idols so popular in Israel, doesn't seduce a neighbor's spouse, doesn't indulge in casual sex, doesn't bully anyone, doesn't pile up bad debts, doesn't steal, doesn't refuse food to the hungry, doesn't refuse clothing to the ill-clad, doesn't exploit the poor, doesn't live by impulse and greed, doesn't treat one person better than another, but lives by my statutes and faithfully honors and obeys my laws. This person who lives upright and well shall live a full and true life. Decree of God, the Master.
Ezekiel 18:29-30 "And yet Israel keeps on whining, 'That's not fair! God's not fair.'
"I'm not fair, Israel? You're the ones who aren't fair. "The upshot is this, Israel: I'll judge each of you according to the way you live. So turn around! Turn your backs on your rebellious living so that sin won't drag you down. CLEAN HOUSE! No more rebellions, please. Get a new heart! Get a new spirit! Why would you choose to die, Israel? I take no pleasure in anyone's death. Decree of God, the Master.
It is absolutely amazing how God continues to use me in this assignment as an ensign to the church. The Lord has commanded me once more and again to turn to the church and city and relay this message:
It's time for the church to truly turn back to Him. No more business as usual; no more just looking the part. It's time to take the lead and actually "BE THE CHURCH."
Jeremiah 31:21 "Set up signposts to mark your trip home. Get a good map. Study the road conditions. The road out is the road back. Come back, dear virgin Israel, come back to your hometowns. How long will you flit here and there, indecisive? How long before you make up your fickle mind? God will create a new thing in this land: A transformed woman will embrace the transforming God!"
Ezekiel 18:5 "Imagine a person who lives well, treating others fairly, keeping good relationships—doesn't eat at the pagan shrines, doesn't worship the idols so popular in Israel, doesn't seduce a neighbor's spouse, doesn't indulge in casual sex, doesn't bully anyone, doesn't pile up bad debts, doesn't steal, doesn't refuse food to the hungry, doesn't refuse clothing to the ill-clad, doesn't exploit the poor, doesn't live by impulse and greed, doesn't treat one person better than another, but lives by my statutes and faithfully honors and obeys my laws. This person who lives upright and well shall live a full and true life. Decree of God, the Master.
Ezekiel 18:29-30 "And yet Israel keeps on whining, 'That's not fair! God's not fair.'
"I'm not fair, Israel? You're the ones who aren't fair. "The upshot is this, Israel: I'll judge each of you according to the way you live. So turn around! Turn your backs on your rebellious living so that sin won't drag you down. CLEAN HOUSE! No more rebellions, please. Get a new heart! Get a new spirit! Why would you choose to die, Israel? I take no pleasure in anyone's death. Decree of God, the Master.
"Make a clean break! LIVE!"
WORD OF GOD
Thanks be to God.
WORD OF GOD
Thanks be to God.
Footnote: I must admit error in one of my sayings, it will not be "as the church goes so hoes the nation," scripture says it will be much worse for the nation. B You can't have it both ways. You can't, in lack of knowledge, punish the ensign/messenger "in God’s name," but be rebellious to God's command to bless and restore. For mercy was shown to you, therefore mercy, not judgement, and certainly not punishment was required of you. Just passing along what's been whispered.. This is not a Jericho thing and I am not the walls thereof, if anything your own rebellion is the wall about which you should compass. Because you have sown to the wind; you shall reap the whirlwind.. Amen.
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