…Incline Your Heart Unto the LORD…

"And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses. Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. And the people said unto …

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Your Sin Will Be Exposed

"Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of you, O Israel: you can not stand before your enemies, until you take away the accursed thing from among you. In the morning therefore you shall be …

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…Be Careful to Observe It…

“When the LORD your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, …

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Envy, The Oppressor, and Righteousness

"Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but His secret is with the righteous." Proverbs 3:31-32 (KJV) To regret living a life of good, and righteousness, due to the ill gotten, illegally gotten wealth of the "oppressor", the "froward" or perverse individual is …

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120811 He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver

"Behold, I will send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come,' saith the LORD of hosts.  'But who may abide the day of His coming? and …

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120711 I will bring the third part through the fire

"Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, and against the Man that is My Fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn Mine hand upon the little ones.  And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein …

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120611 These are the things that ye shall do

"These are the things that ye shall do; 'Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate,' saith the …

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120511 I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold

"And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, and said unto me, 'What seest thou?' And I said, 'I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, …

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120411 He that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes

"Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, 'This people say, 'The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built.'  Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,  'Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?'  Now …

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120311 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth

"Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’S anger come upon you.  Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought …

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