[:en]Several images were portrayed in this chapter to describe what it is like to return to the Lord. Breaking up unplowed ground (v.. 3) Circumcising your heart to the Lord (v. 4) Sounding the trumpet and joining the army (vs. 5-6) Washing the evil from your heart )(v. 14) [:]
Category: Read Through The Bible
[:en]Thoughts from Jeremiah 3[:]
[:en]Israel was called “faithless” while Judah was called “unfaithful”. “Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah” (v. 11) The Lord told Jeremiah to tell Israel that He will be merciful if they will acknowledge their guilt and turn back to Him. Judah became unfaithful when they backslided and worshiped idols. Backsliding means disloyalty or… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Jeremiah 3[:]
[:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 3[:]
[:en]Qualifications of an overseer: (vs. 1-7) He must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 3[:]
[:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 2[:]
[:en]Paul urged everyone to pray, give thanks and intercede for kings and all those in authority so that we can live a peaceful and quiet life in godliness and holiness (vs. 1-32) He wanted all men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer(v. 8) and women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 2[:]
[:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 1[:]
[:en]Paul wrote 1 Timothy to guide them concerning the qualifications and duties of a Pastor. Timothy was born at Lystra. His father was a Greek and his mother a Jewish, who taught him the Scriptures from childhood. Timothy was a disciple of Paul, who help Paul’s work. Timothy was young while he became a teacher… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Timothy 1[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Jeremiah 2[:]
[:en]Judgment is coming to the nation of Judah because they had been unfaithful to God. They worshiped the heathen idols and forgot what God did for them. (v. 4-8) They exchanged the spring of living water with a broken cistern that cannot hold water (v. 13). they went to Egypt to drink water from Shihor… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Jeremiah 2[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Jeremiah 1[:]
[:en]Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. The Lord called him saying: “Before I formed you in the worm, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart. I appointed you as a prophet to the nations (v. 5). Jeremiah answered: “I do… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Jeremiah 1[:]
[:en]Thoughts from 2 Thessalonians 3[:]
[:en]Two prayer requests of Paul: That the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored. 2. That they may be delivered from wicked and evil men. Paul warned the believers to keep away from idle brothers who stopped to work and become busybodies. He himself showed them as example by working night and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Thessalonians 3[:]
[:en]Thoughts from 2 Thessalonians 2[:]
[:en]Someone from Thessalonica church claimed to have a letter from Paul saying that the day of the Lord has already come. (v. 2) They used deception to fool people. Paul warned them that the secret power of lawlessness was already at work (v. 7) in according with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Thessalonians 2[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Isaiah 66[:]
[:en]This is the last chapter of Isaiah which concluded with Judgment and Hope. Judgment will be upon those who worship other gods and who have chosen their own ways and did evil in His sight. (vs. 3-4) When the kingdom of Israel will be restored. it will be joyful as the birth of a baby… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Isaiah 66[:]