Thus saith Yahweh God,. I do not this for your sakes, 0 house of Israel, but for MY HOLY NAMES sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen whither ye went. (Ezekiel 36:22) As Israelites, we certainly have no reason to feel proud of our history, ourselves or our nations. Our long history, some 4000 years, since Jacob, has a record of bad behavior and of ignoring our God. Are we any better now? We should be feeling shame and guilt as a nation and sincerely repent. According to Ezekiel 20:43 we will. And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all the evils ye have committed. Jesus preached of the indispensable need for personal repentance by each of us, meaning a permanent change of mind from evil to righteousness. This can only be done by true belief in the gospel of salvation whereby Gods heavenly righteousness is imputed or ascribed to us. It is a free gift of God. Paul tells us that the wages (result) of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life only because Jesus died on our behalf. The words of a hymn are appropriate here: According to Gods word in the Bible we must (1) Trust and believe in Jesus the Christ and obey his law. (2) Work, watch (for the second advent), and pray. (3) Familiarize ourselves with all of Gods word. (4) Acknowledge God in all our ways. (5) Commit all our works to God. God is always present beside you, do not ignore Him. ~
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:24:35 +0000
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