Title: A Joy That Endures
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Deuteronomy 4: 25-31
The following words were spoken to the people of Israel in 1406 B.C. as they prepared to finally enter the Promised Land that God had prepared for them.
"25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time-if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath." (Deuteronomy 4:25-31)
In the midst of all that God had done and would do to bring the children of Israel into the Promised Land these ancient words were to be a warning, but they would be forgotten. As if covered by the sands of time, as centuries passed these words of warning and discipline no longer held their place in the minds of the children of Israel. We then come across the book of Habbakuk.
It was now 800 years later and the children of Israel had now turned against God. It was time for God to fulfill His ancient promises.
Habakkuk was a prophet who lived in Judah around 600 B.C. He lived at the same time as the prophet Jeremiah. In comparison to ...
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Deuteronomy 4: 25-31
The following words were spoken to the people of Israel in 1406 B.C. as they prepared to finally enter the Promised Land that God had prepared for them.
"25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time-if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath." (Deuteronomy 4:25-31)
In the midst of all that God had done and would do to bring the children of Israel into the Promised Land these ancient words were to be a warning, but they would be forgotten. As if covered by the sands of time, as centuries passed these words of warning and discipline no longer held their place in the minds of the children of Israel. We then come across the book of Habbakuk.
It was now 800 years later and the children of Israel had now turned against God. It was time for God to fulfill His ancient promises.
Habakkuk was a prophet who lived in Judah around 600 B.C. He lived at the same time as the prophet Jeremiah. In comparison to ...
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