Discerning the Prophets

Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, even the prophet Jeremiah said, 'Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of …

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The Teaching of Rebellion

Jeremiah did not enjoy preaching the message which God gave him to preach.  He loved the people, the priests (they were members of his own family), the princes, and the kings.  He loved the temple and what it represented.  Most of all Jeremiah loved God and His commandments. When Hananiah the prophet preached that God …

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The Peril of a False Messenger

There are a lot of messengers in this old world.  Everyone's opinion is as good as anybody else.  That is what we are told, and as far as human opinion goes; that is based assumptions and pretense; then your opinion is as good as mine.  However, when it comes to the truths of God's Word …

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No Other… Can Deliver Like This

Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.” Daniel 3:29 (NKJV) Following the civil protest …

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Kings Shall Know…

"The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.' " Daniel 2:47 (NKJV) Babylon's king Nebuchadnezzar had a dream.  He had asked all his "counselors" to tell him the dream, and its interpretation - none …

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Captive and Useful

Whether we Christians would like to admit it or not we are strangers in a foreign land.  That does not matter what part of the world we live in.  We are both citizens and captives in our respective countries, and lands. We are citizens of nations, because we are in the world.  We are captives …

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