The Lord is testing and proving you. He has counseled, admonished, and entreated. All these solemn admonitions will either make the church better or decidedly worse. The oftener the Lord speaks to correct or counsel, and you disregard His voice, the more disposed will you be to reject it again and again, till God says: “Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: they would none of my counsel: the despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.”
The great sin of the Jews was that of neglecting and rejecting present opportunities. As Jesus views the state of His professed followers today, He sees base ingratitude, hollow formalism. hypocritical insincerity, pharisaical pride, and apostasy. Christ is at this moment addressing you personally, stooping from His throne, yearning with pitying tenderness over those who feel not their danger. who have no pity for themselves.
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Last modified: July 28, 2024
