God’s judgment will rightly fall upon those who disregard His warnings and continue in disbelief, but He has made a way for all who will trust in Him.
If we fix our eyes on temporal circumstances, we will misinterpret God’s works in the world and will miss His gracious provision for our preservation.
We are inclined to boast in our own abilities, but the only basis for our boasting and our only hope for blessing is the LORD Himself.
There is a sickness of soul that leads to great grief, but there is a balm administered by Jesus the Physician that perfectly heals and fully restores.
True healing and deliverance from shame and judgment will not come by superficial salve but by the faithful application of gospel truth.
Apart from grace, people will seek after selfish desires and will accumulate for themselves prophets and priests to support and validate their selfishness, and this to their own harm.
The LORD graciously warns of His judgment to come and calls us to receive His grace in humility and to devote ourselves to Him in sincerity.
On the basis of His nature of grace, God appeals to Israel (and to us now) to be reconciled to Him, and He promises to bring full restoration of relationship…
Idolatry is dangerously deceptive and powerfully alluring, but it is detestable to God and amazingly foolish.