Title: Grace during Judgment/17:1-14
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Even in the midst of judgment, God protects and saves the saints with his arms of power.
Even if the present life of the saints is difficult and difficult, remember the hand of God's grace and build faith.
It must be tight. Believers believe that their salvation is assured through Christ.
Knowing that, we must strengthen the race of faith in confidence and hope.
1 Judgment of Israel
The prophet says that Israel, who forgot God and committed themselves, will be judged by God.
(Verse 4)
We must remember that the blessing of leaving God soon turns into a curse.
There is no benefit to doing anything apart from God.
(Psalm 127:1) Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain, and the LORD does not keep the city.
The watchman's watch is in vain, it's in vain that you get up early and lie down late and eat the bread of toil.
Therefore the LORD gives sleep to those he loves.
The saints do not seek their own benefit or live for themselves, but ‘seek first the kingdom and righteousness.
'You have to work hard to lead a life of faith.
If there are people in our lives who do not depend on God like Israel and try to live in the world with my own plans and means, we must boldly throw them away, knowing that they are thoughts brought by the devil.
We must remove the obstacles that hinder us from relying on God.
Before God's judgment appears concretely in our lives, we need to reaffirm our faith.
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2. The fact that God saves even in the midst of wrath is that people who have lost hope and are living
It brings great comfort and hope to the generation.
The fact that God protects and protects us to the end is the driving force for the saints to live a life of martyrdom with courage. We must become saints who fully trust in the God of grace who rescues us from the great and small difficulties of our lives.
3. The cause of God's discipline is first idolatry. He loved more than God.
The second is forgetting God. Knowing God well yet forgetting God.
Those who forget God are paralyzed in their conscience. Therefore, such people are bound to live according to the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. The third is disobedience. They say they serve God, but in reality they disobey God's word and live a life far from the law (verses 8-10).
The method of discipline is desolation. (Verse 9) - It refers to being left to become worn out and rough.
God's discipline destroys everything in sight so that people cannot depend on anything else. And then comes sorrow and sorrow. In addition, sickness, severe calamity, economic ruin, famine, and so on.
4. Determination and prayer
Help me to discern your will and live a wise life in the place of life that God has given me.
Our church will stand firm on the word, and the spiritual life of the saints will be filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit.
May the conditions of joy and thanksgiving increase, and the answers to prayers and the fellowship of love will be full.
Beautiful Church Help us to become a powerful and influential church in the power of the Holy Spirit!
* We also intercede especially for the sick.