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Εστάλη: 16 Νοεμ. 2012 16:56
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The Name Justice is ultimately rooted not in a collection of laws or rules but in the very character and nature of God. As Judge of the whole earth, he is the only One competent to measure the motivations of our hearts. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the word "judge" is often parallel to the word "king." When we pray to God our Shophet (sho-PHAIT), we are praying to the One whose righteousness demands perfect justice but who has also provided a way for us to be acquitted of our guilt through the life, death, and resurrection of his Son.
Key Scripture Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it. (Psalm 94:15)
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Thursday PRAYING THE NAME
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life.The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done.Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:11-15)
Reflect On: Revelation 20:11-15
Praise God: Who reigns over both the great and the small.
Offer Thanks: That God will one day destroy death's power over you.
Confess: Any complacency that prevents you from sharing your faith.
Ask God: To save those in your life who do not know him.
Jonathan Edwards in his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" struck terror in the hearts of his eighteenth-century listeners by
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