Week 5: Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 5 – Sodom’s Other Sins: Ezekiel 16:49, 50 The references to the poor and needy in the book of Ezekiel are also very important. The first is especially interesting. In this day and age when wickedness is so blatantly rampant, we have a tendency to link one …
OT 5:4 Ezekiel and the Stranger
Week 5: Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 4 – Ezekiel and the Stranger: Ezekiel 14:6-8; 44:6-9; 47:23 The book of Ezekiel is an amazing book. If you have never taken the time to read through it carefully – do it. Choosing how and where to start for today’s post is not easy! The ministries …
OT 5:3 When a Nation Neglects the Fatherless
Week 5: Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 3 – When a Nation Neglects the Fatherless: Jeremiah 5:28, 7:6,7; 22:3,4; Lamentations 5:3 The message to Judah regarding the fatherless is a lot more extensive than what we saw in Jeremiah’s address to Edom. The fatherless are first mentioned in chapter five where the sin of …
OT 5:2 Jeremiah and the Fatherless
Week 5: Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 2 – Jeremiah and the Fatherless: Jeremiah 49:11 The prophet Jeremiah began his ministry during the reign of Josiah, King of Judah. Josiah was the great-grandson of Hezekiah. By the time Josiah came into power at the age of eight, Judah’s spiritual state had sunk even further …
OT 5:1 In Thee The Fatherless Find Mercy
Week 5: Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 1 – In Thee The Fatherless Find Mercy: Hosea 14:3 Post Theme: Hosea and the Fatherless In the last blog, we started our look at the fatherless and the prophets in the book of Isaiah. Hosea was Isaiah’s contemporary. Both men prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah, …
OT 4:5 Isaiah and the Fatherless
Week 4, Part 2: Lessons from the Prophets Day 5 – Isaiah and the Fatherless: Isaiah 1:17, 23; 9:17; 10:2 Post Theme: When God Doesn’t Show Mercy to the Fatherless In the last blog, (If you were brave enough to read the whole thing!), we looked at the backdrop of Isaiah with hardly a mention …
OT 4:4 – Isaiah: The Backdrop
Week 4, Part 2: Lessons from the Prophets Day 4 – Isaiah: The Backdrop Post Theme: Historical Backdrop for the book of Isaiah Today’s post is a little different. It is simply a bit, okay, maybe a lot, of background information on the book of Isaiah – but it is very important. Not only does …
OT 4:3 – God’s People and the Fatherless
Week 4, Part 1: Lessons from Psalms and Proverbs Day 3 – God’s People and the Fatherless: Psalm 82:3,4; Proverbs 23:10,11 Psalm 82:3,4 – “Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.” Defend The Poor and Fatherless …
OT 4:2 God, Government and the Fatherless
Post Theme: God, Government, and the Fatherless Week 4, Part 1: Lessons from Psalms and Proverbs Day 2 – God, Government, and the Fatherless: Psalm 10:14-19 I’ve debated about the title of this post for an hour now. First, it was “God and the Fatherless” and then the one you see above. Then it went …
OT 4:1 – The Wicked and the Fatherless
Post Theme: The Wicked and the Fatherless Week 4, Part 1: Lessons from Psalms and Proverbs Day 1 – The Wicked and the Fatherless: Psalm 10:18; 94: 3-6; 109:9,12; 146:9 It never pays to do evil. Job and his friends painted a picture of wicked men being those who oppress and abuse the poor, the …
