A Look at the Book #391

A Look at the Book #391


by Jesse Abel

Daily Devotional – A Look at the Book #391

A Though for today by Papa “J”

Ever find yourself complaining to the wrong person who will make life tough for you because you complained? There is another snow storm in the forecast! I say; keep on complaining and our shovels will be worn out by June!

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Just outside of our town there is an old church building that housed a real estate agency. The old church had the historical character the seventeenth century. The church is on a route called the Kings highway that connects Hartford, CT. to Providence, RI. Uniquely it is about half way between the two cities. Yesterday near eleven in the morning the weight of our latest snow storm brought the building to the ground. Why is this important to this message this morning? The building has four white pillars and these are still standing perfectly straight. The world around you and me is crumbling under the weight of SIN. We are transgressing the boundaries of God’s care for us. We weigh ourselves down with HEAVY burdens and say to God we have done nothing wrong. We are idolatrous thus we have committed adultery in the eyes of God, like the woman in Proverbs 30:20. Then we justify our slavery to sin like those found in Romans 1:18-32. You can count on it! After the dust settles, the four Divine Institutions will still be standing like the pillars of that old church. Matthew 24:32-35 is the parable of the fig tree. To some of us, things look okay but to those of us who seek the city whose builder and maker is, God, we see the signs of His soon return. Hebrews 11:13-16 and Hebrews 13:14.

Take a moment and find the Book

Chapter 1:1 – How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow is she; who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces has become a slave! (Forced labor).

Chapter 2:1 – How the LORD has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger! He cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel. And did not remember His footstool in the day of His anger.

The prophet continues: Chapter 3:1 – I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. 3:2 – He has led me and made me walk in darkness and not in light. 3:3 – surely He has turned His hand against me time and time again, throughout the day.

Now let’s take a look at Leviticus 26:14-15, God commands obedience individually and nationally. Here in these passages the command is directed to the national level. We have a few things to say about national obedience to God this morning.

As a nation, we hate the Laws of God, evidence: the erosion of our Constitutional Freedoms. As a nation we are at war with the Justice of God, evidence: the rejection of His Judgment in the pursuit of Happiness. Also, as a nation we have rejected His protection, evidenced by the breaking away from His covenant of sending His Son, not once but Twice! National rejection deserves national discipline!