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Continuing our consideration of being set free from slavery to serve God and our fellow man, today we look at Deuteronomy chapter 24. God challenges us to have compassion on those who cannot look after themselves, considering our former lives as slaves (to sin). He repeatedly mentions “widows, orphans, and aliens” in these admonitions. By “aliens” I’m confident He’s not thinking about extraterrestrials, but rather those foreign to the community of faith. I also believe He would include in the “widows” category “single parents” who struggle to maintain a decent job and care for at-home children and, in some cases, their own parents! 21st Century “Widows” in this sense struggle also with loneliness and relational issues that simply need our love and support. Do I have the solution for these difficult situations? No, but God does have grace to “supply all our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19). He will supply that grace often through His people, of course, motivated and empowered by His Spirit. We as Jesus people must first surrender every aspect of life to His absolute sovereignty and then “show up for service” each day (Romans 12:1). Friends, I’d love to have a conversation with you about what we’ve considered the last two weeks and how it might impact your life. PM me if you’d like. Blessings to you all!
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Monday Nov 08, 2021
A Ram, a Goat, and a Troubling Vision - Part 8
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
This week’s message (Wednesday morning USA time) continues considering Daniel’s visions of “the last days” and what they mean to us, living as we do in 21st Century Babylon. Chapter 8 brings us two years forward from last week’s timing, and God delivers an even more troubling vision to His faithful servant Daniel. This vision details the fall of the Medo-Persian empire, the rise and division of the Greek empire, and the appearance of a terrible, evil person who would defile the sanctuary in Jerusalem and exalt himself against almighty God Himself, even destroying some of God’s own people.
Daniel, by whom God gave interpretations to Babylonian kings, needed God’s plan revealed to himself by the angel Gabriel. The interpretation literally made the old prophet sick! How grieveeing d are we by the sin and corruption in our world and by the suffering of God’s people at the hands of the wicked? Let’s talk about it, and let’s pray for those being persecuted for bearing His Name.
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