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<blockquote data-quote="Visionary1" data-source="post: 31298992" data-attributes="member: 682216"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">ONE NATION UNDER GOD</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">God will not allow His name to be profaned. Where His name is invoked, there is no such thing as separation of church and state. And make no mistake about it, God's name rests upon the whole earth; therefore, His will shall be done: <strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Psalm 24: 1 </span><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"> The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>EZEKIEL Chapter 14</strong></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>WARNING TO THE CHURCH</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"><strong><u>Idolatry Will Be Punished</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">1) Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. 2) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 3) “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">4) “Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols, 5) that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.”’</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">6) “<u><strong>Therefore say to the house of Israel</strong></u>, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations. 7) For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the Lord will answer him by Myself. 8) I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">9) “And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the Lord have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. 10) And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, 11) that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God,“ says the Lord God.’”</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><strong>WARNING TO THE NATION</strong></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"><strong><u>Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">12) The word of the Lord came again to me, saying: 13) “Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it. 14) Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,” says the Lord God.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">15) “If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts, 16) even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">17) “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I cut off man and beast from it, 18) even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">19) “Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast, 20) even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">21) For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it? 22) Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it. 23) And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done in it,” says the Lord God.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">God does nothing in the earth without cause. He loves us more than we will ever comprehend; howbeit, man's sinful behavior provokes God's fury, yet even in the midst thereof, those who repent and turn shall be among the remnant, because God cannot bear for the enemy to even think he has won: <strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Isaiah 48: 11 </span><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"> For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; </span></strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong>For how should My name be profaned? </strong></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">And I will not give My glory to another.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Do not take the Lord’s name in vain. In layman's terms, "Don't take His grace and mercy for granted."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Word of God. Thanks be unto God.</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>AMEN</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">❤</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Visionary1, post: 31298992, member: 682216"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=4]ONE NATION UNDER GOD[/SIZE][/B][/CENTER] [SIZE=3] God will not allow His name to be profaned. Where His name is invoked, there is no such thing as separation of church and state. And make no mistake about it, God's name rests upon the whole earth; therefore, His will shall be done: [B][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Psalm 24: 1 [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)] The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.[/COLOR][/B] [/SIZE] [CENTER][SIZE=3][B]EZEKIEL Chapter 14[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [CENTER][SIZE=4][B]WARNING TO THE CHURCH[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER] [SIZE=3] [COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)][B][U]Idolatry Will Be Punished[/U][/B] 1) Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. 2) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 3) “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them? 4) “Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols, 5) that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.”’ 6) “[U][B]Therefore say to the house of Israel[/B][/U], ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations. 7) For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the Lord will answer him by Myself. 8) I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the Lord. 9) “And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the Lord have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. 10) And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, 11) that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God,“ says the Lord God.’” [/COLOR][/SIZE] [CENTER][SIZE=4][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][B]WARNING TO THE NATION[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)][B] [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/CENTER] [SIZE=3][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)] [B][U]Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness[/U][/B] 12) The word of the Lord came again to me, saying: 13) “Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it. 14) Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,” says the Lord God. 15) “If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts, 16) even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate. 17) “Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I cut off man and beast from it, 18) even though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered. 19) “Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast, 20) even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.” 21) For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it? 22) Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it. 23) And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done in it,” says the Lord God.[/COLOR] God does nothing in the earth without cause. He loves us more than we will ever comprehend; howbeit, man's sinful behavior provokes God's fury, yet even in the midst thereof, those who repent and turn shall be among the remnant, because God cannot bear for the enemy to even think he has won: [B][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Isaiah 48: 11 [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)] For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]For how should My name be profaned? [/B][/COLOR][B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]And I will not give My glory to another.[/COLOR][/B] Do not take the Lord’s name in vain. In layman's terms, "Don't take His grace and mercy for granted." [/SIZE] [CENTER][SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]Word of God. Thanks be unto God. AMEN[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [CENTER][SIZE=3]❤[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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