Hosea 14:1-2 O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine equity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Yes Friends, it’s time for us to return to the Lord, our God. There’s certainly too much works of the flesh manifested in our world today. We’re being overwhelmed by the stuff Bruh Paul cited in Galatians 5:19-21: ‘Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, idolatry, lasciviousness, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings and such like.’ The list of negative behaviour is long and costly, with only one end, if we continue down this road; eventual destruction. None of the above things uplift the human spirit; they all demean and denigrate God’s handiwork. Now that certainly isn’t His desire or purpose for us. How did we reach such a low state of grace eh? Believe me people, it’s only by God’s mercy that we’re still existing, for, left completely to our own devices, we’d keep going full tilt down that road of fleshly desires we seem to cherish so much, until we annihilate ourselves. Friends, the basic reason we’ve almost hit rock bottom is very simple; we’ve turned away from the Lord, disobeying His Word. Like Hosea said of the despicable, debauched, idolatrous Israel of his time; ‘for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.’ The same applies to us today. And though some of us are seriously trying to improve it, the evil majority still rules, and sadly, appears to be getting stronger. So how do we extricate ourselves from this sad situation? Again, it’s simple, though not easy: Turn back to following the one and only true God, Jehovah. As Hosea says; ‘Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so we will render the calves of our lips.’ (praising God, not the idols) Joel recommends fasting, weeping and mourning. ‘Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.’ (Joel 2:13) Oh people, what else must be said for us to understand and obey? There’s no other deity worshipped by humans that has Jehovah’s capacity for LOVE, forgiveness and mercy. So what’s the problem eh? Historically, numerous societies have perished on embracing that negative lifestyle, why do we think we’ll escape the same fate? Friends, only the Most High can save us from our foolishness, but time’s running out, which means, to leave our children’s children a decent legacy, we’ve got to start rejecting the false pleasures of the world right now. Let’s take Bruh Paul’s advice in Hebrew’s 13:15: ‘By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.’ Much LOVE!…on the rough, rugged road that’s life…God’s our best bet…the only sure thing…
Yes Friends, it’s time for us to return to the Lord, our God. There’s certainly too much works of the flesh manifested in our world today. We’re being overwhelmed by the stuff Bruh Paul cited in Galatians 5:19-21: ‘Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, idolatry, lasciviousness, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings and such like.’ The list of negative behaviour is long and costly, with only one end, if we continue down this road; eventual destruction. None of the above things uplift the human spirit; they all demean and denigrate God’s handiwork. Now that certainly isn’t His desire or purpose for us. How did we reach such a low state of grace eh? Believe me people, it’s only by God’s mercy that we’re still existing, for, left completely to our own devices, we’d keep going full tilt down that road of fleshly desires we seem to cherish so much, until we annihilate ourselves. Friends, the basic reason we’ve almost hit rock bottom is very simple; we’ve turned away from the Lord, disobeying His Word. Like Hosea said of the despicable, debauched, idolatrous Israel of his time; ‘for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.’ The same applies to us today. And though some of us are seriously trying to improve it, the evil majority still rules, and sadly, appears to be getting stronger. So how do we extricate ourselves from this sad situation? Again, it’s simple, though not easy: Turn back to following the one and only true God, Jehovah. As Hosea says; ‘Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so we will render the calves of our lips.’ (praising God, not the idols) Joel recommends fasting, weeping and mourning. ‘Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.’ (Joel 2:13) Oh people, what else must be said for us to understand and obey? There’s no other deity worshipped by humans that has Jehovah’s capacity for LOVE, forgiveness and mercy. So what’s the problem eh? Historically, numerous societies have perished on embracing that negative lifestyle, why do we think we’ll escape the same fate? Friends, only the Most High can save us from our foolishness, but time’s running out, which means, to leave our children’s children a decent legacy, we’ve got to start rejecting the false pleasures of the world right now. Let’s take Bruh Paul’s advice in Hebrew’s 13:15: ‘By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.’ Much LOVE!…on the rough, rugged road that’s life…God’s our best bet…the only sure thing…
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