T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S His commandments.” Now, to fear God means, to love Him so much that we will fear to do anything that is not right, for it hurts the loving heart of God when we disobey and will not do the things He has asked us to do in His Word, the Bible. Closing Prayer. ^¿¿. ¿NIi, gas
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turn away from their sin, and come to Him, and so many are doing just like these people in our story, going on in their sins and not heeding the warning, and they too will suffer, and if they do not give themselves to Jesus, will be lost forever. This is just the place to learn our memory verse, “ Fear God, and keep
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Golden Text. Seek ye the Lord while he may be founds call ye upon him while he is near: . Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isa. 55:6, 7. LESSON TEXT Ezekiel 2:l-3;27. (Read 2 Ki. 17:13, 14; Isa. 6:1-13; Jer.-1:1-19; Ezek. 33:1-6: Matt. 23:37-39; Ac. 20:18-21, 26, 27, 29-31.)
fore hear the word at m y mouth, and give them warning from me. (18) When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou giv - est hiin not warning, nor speakest to warn the w icked from his w icked way, to save his life ; the same w icked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood w ill I require at thine hand. (19) Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he. turn not from his wickedness, nor from his w icked way, he shall'die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. (20) Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stum- blingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast hot given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood Will I require at thine hand. (21) Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely, live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
(1) And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I w ill spealc unto thee. (2) And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. (3) And he said unto m°. Son of man, I send thee to the children o f Israel, tO a rebellious nation that hath re belled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. (4) For they are impudent children and stiffhearted, I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God. (5) And they, whether . they w ill hear, or whether they w ill forbear, yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. (6) And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their Words, though brie"rs. and thorns be w ith thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor ne dismayed at their look s,.th ough they beia rebellious house. (17) Son o f man, I have made thee a w atch man unto the house of Israel; there- (1) The Vision, 1:1. (2) The Voice and Command, 2: 1 - 6 . (3) The Vocation and Commission, 3:17-21. Introduction: The third quarter of our lessons is devoted to the history of Israel during their captivity and restoration, and in cludes -extracts from the books of Outltne:
Ezekiel, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah and Mal- In the study of these lessons we will
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catch a glimpse of the history of God’s ancient people, but this vision should inspire an earnest desire for the home reading and study of all these proph ecies which point with unerring cer tainty to these last days as related to Israel and a lost world.
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