God's Word for Thursday, 9/26/19 (and other things)

For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 10:30-31 KJV

If we give up and turn our backs on all we’ve learned, all we’ve been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ’s sacrifice and are left on our own to face the Judgment—and a mighty fierce judgment it will be! If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death, what do you think will happen if you turn on God’s Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit? This is no light matter. God has warned us that he’ll hold us to account and make us pay. He was quite explicit: “Vengeance is mine, and I won’t overlook a thing” and “God will judge his people.” Nobody’s getting by with anything, believe me.

Hebrews 10:30-31 MSG

Note: this is NOT "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (the famous Jonathan Edwards sermon of Revolutionary/Great Awakening times). This passage refers to Christians who renounce their salvation in word or deed, and turn their backs on the sacrifice Jesus made. 


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It was 29° this morning with 100% humidity. Frosty windows, leaves frozen like huge confetti all over the vehicles, and all that. Even with the SUV warmed up, it took a long time for the windows to clear. 

Fresh snow is now a third of the way down the tallest peak which towers over our little town. It's probably safe to say that winter will be early this year, even though we could still see a brief return to warm temps before that happens.

But all accounts indicate we could see another season of record snowfall. We're good with that. Given current conditions, the summer we've just had, the signs provided by nature, and hearing what the old-timers are saying, this winter will be a doozy.

Tuesday, 9/3/19

Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

Isaiah 48:17 KJV

And now, the Master, God, sends me and his Spirit with this Message from God, your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel: “I am God, your God, who teaches you how to live right and well. I show you what to do, where to go. If you had listened all along to what I told you, your life would have flowed full like a river, blessings rolling in like waves from the sea. Children and grandchildren are like sand, your progeny like grains of sand. There would be no end of them, no danger of losing touch with me.”

Isaiah 48:17 MSG

God's Word for Sunday, 7/21/19

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

Psalm 119:30 KJV

Barricade the road that goes Nowhere; grace me with your clear revelation. I choose the true road to Somewhere, I post your road signs at every curve and corner. I grasp and cling to whatever you tell me; God, don’t let me down! I’ll run the course you lay out for me if you’ll just show me how.

Psalm 119:30 MSG