Friday, November 14, 2014

God has revealed the results of the two ways

2 Chronicles 7:11-22
The Lord appeared to Solomon.
The Lord answered the prayer of Solomon, "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked way, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and will heal their land."
"If you walk before me as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws, I will establish your royal throne, You shall never fail to have a man to rule over Israel. But if you turn way and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, then I will uproot Israel from my land, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name."
In a second appearing, God agrees o ll Solomon's requests. But in return he expects loyal obedience.
Why?
The Chronicler's readers, looking back to the fall of Jerusalem and the years of exile that followed, would see in these waring verses the reason for those tragic events.
There is one way to survive and have peace on the promise land is observe the decrees of the Lord.
To a man 1)Pray by the Name of the Lord, humble himself, 3)pray and seek God's face 4)turn from their wicked way. The salvation of the Lord will come upon him.
How?
God has showed us the ways to choose, walk on his way or go off his way to other gods.


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