"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for Monday 28 January 2013, from Cindi a Daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."
Today's Blog Title: "A Call To Repentance"
Today's Blog Scripture Reading: Amos 5:1-27
Today's Blog Key Verse: Amos 5:4 "For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: :Seek Me and live."
God had promised Abraham to multiply his offspring. But that blessing could only be experienced bu obedient generations. Sin in the Nation of Israel had reversed the blessing: rather than increase tenfold, this generation will "decrease" tenfold.
In verses 4, 6, 14 we see the Lord telling the nation of Israel to, "Seek Me and live." Though the judgment of God is imminent, it can avoided, or at least postponed, by seeking the Lord. The ONLY hope is to seek the Lord in true repentance and thus avoid the judgment of Almighty God.
In verses 7-11 "justice" means fair and unbiased court decisions. the God who Created and sustains the processes pf all the universe surely can bring His judgment to bear, even upon the strong of the earth and their fortresses. The "gate in verse 10, was the location of the town court, where justice was to be upheld in all legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal.
We as human beings, every day have a basic moral direction which is shaped and maintained by daily choices. Our calling is to love good and let good shape the course of our life. "The Day of the Lord" in verse 18, often serves as a technical theological term making the setting of described events and placing them at history's end.
The vision of Amos of history's end has a glorious aspect: Israel is to be redeemed and given a premier place among the world's nations under the rule of the Messiah. This delighted the people in the day of Amos, who were eager for God to act. But Amos also warns them that the "Day of the Lord" is also a day of "judgment." It is the dark and bitter aspect of God's visitation that the generation in the day of Amos will experience. The lesson for us as Christians today is clear: Look eagerly for the return of Jesus Christ, but those who are living in sin, will not look look forward to it.
In verse 19, the images of a "bear" and a "serpent" evoke the terror that follows when a person escapes a terrible danger and is exhausted and relieved, only to find a worst danger so close at hand that is inescapable.
In verse 21, "I hate, I despise your feast days," means that God see religious activity without heart reality is repugnant to God. God had ordained forms of worship and and our worship of Him with a heart uplifted in Praise to Him and to Him alone, is only nauseating, empty formalism, and they anger rather than appease God
Please Pray for Youcef Nardarkhani and American Pastor Saeed Abedini who have been falsely accused and placed in Iranian Prison. Pray for their families that God's Strength, Peace, and Comfort will also be with families. Keep in Prayers all who are being persecuted for there Faith and Trust in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness. ALWAYS remember that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T," GOD Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
Click on this link www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Bible Verse from James 1:19-20.
Jesus Reigns and He Is, Has Been, and Always Will Be, In Complete and Total Control."
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
Today's Blog Title: "A Call To Repentance"
Today's Blog Scripture Reading: Amos 5:1-27
Today's Blog Key Verse: Amos 5:4 "For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: :Seek Me and live."
God had promised Abraham to multiply his offspring. But that blessing could only be experienced bu obedient generations. Sin in the Nation of Israel had reversed the blessing: rather than increase tenfold, this generation will "decrease" tenfold.
In verses 4, 6, 14 we see the Lord telling the nation of Israel to, "Seek Me and live." Though the judgment of God is imminent, it can avoided, or at least postponed, by seeking the Lord. The ONLY hope is to seek the Lord in true repentance and thus avoid the judgment of Almighty God.
In verses 7-11 "justice" means fair and unbiased court decisions. the God who Created and sustains the processes pf all the universe surely can bring His judgment to bear, even upon the strong of the earth and their fortresses. The "gate in verse 10, was the location of the town court, where justice was to be upheld in all legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal.
We as human beings, every day have a basic moral direction which is shaped and maintained by daily choices. Our calling is to love good and let good shape the course of our life. "The Day of the Lord" in verse 18, often serves as a technical theological term making the setting of described events and placing them at history's end.
The vision of Amos of history's end has a glorious aspect: Israel is to be redeemed and given a premier place among the world's nations under the rule of the Messiah. This delighted the people in the day of Amos, who were eager for God to act. But Amos also warns them that the "Day of the Lord" is also a day of "judgment." It is the dark and bitter aspect of God's visitation that the generation in the day of Amos will experience. The lesson for us as Christians today is clear: Look eagerly for the return of Jesus Christ, but those who are living in sin, will not look look forward to it.
In verse 19, the images of a "bear" and a "serpent" evoke the terror that follows when a person escapes a terrible danger and is exhausted and relieved, only to find a worst danger so close at hand that is inescapable.
In verse 21, "I hate, I despise your feast days," means that God see religious activity without heart reality is repugnant to God. God had ordained forms of worship and and our worship of Him with a heart uplifted in Praise to Him and to Him alone, is only nauseating, empty formalism, and they anger rather than appease God
Please Pray for Youcef Nardarkhani and American Pastor Saeed Abedini who have been falsely accused and placed in Iranian Prison. Pray for their families that God's Strength, Peace, and Comfort will also be with families. Keep in Prayers all who are being persecuted for there Faith and Trust in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness. ALWAYS remember that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T," GOD Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
Click on this link www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for a Bible Verse from James 1:19-20.
Jesus Reigns and He Is, Has Been, and Always Will Be, In Complete and Total Control."
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
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