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 …
Week 1 – Lessons from the Law Day 5 – Promises Every time I read the book of Ezekiel, I am impressed with the number of times God says: “For I have spoken it,” “For I have spoken it, and will do it,” and “That ye may know that I am the Lord.” God has …
Week 1 – Lessons from the Law Day 4 – God’s Plan for Provision: Deuteronomy 14:28,29; 16:11-14; 24:17-22; 26:12,13 Money. Money. Money. Why are so many things about money! It seems sometimes like money is the biggest hurdle in reaching out to the fatherless. Taking on a children’s home or even just adding one child …
Week 1 – Lessons from the Law Day 2 – The Basis of the Command Deuteronomy 10:17-19 “For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and the …
Week 1 – Lessons from the Law Day 1 – The Initial Command: Exodus 22:22-24 “Ye shall not afflict any widow, nor fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you …
