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The Results of Rebellion
Nehemiah 9:26–31
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A young lady, asked by her friend to explain what is meant by devotional reading of the Bible, answered as follows: “Yesterday morning I received a letter from one to whom I have given my heart and devoted my life. I freely confess to you that I have read that letter five ti … More
The Israelites would walk in God’s ways for a period of time, lapse back into sin, and the cycle would be repeated. When God disciplined them they cried out for help; and He raised up deliverers to rescue them. God is willing to give His people many privileges, but He will not give them the privilege of sinning and having their own way. He will accomplish His own purposes even if He has to chasten us to do it. Israel’s sins finally became so disgusting to God that He decided to discipline them by taking them out of their own land. He used the Assyrians to destroy the Northern Kingdom and then He brought the Babylonians to take over the Southern Kingdom. It was as if God was saying to His people, “You enjoy living like the heathen so much, I’ll just let you live with them."
Application
God puts no limit on the number of times I can come to Him to obtain mercy, but I must come in order to obtain it. If there is a recurring problem in my life, I must continue to ask God for help, but at the same time, be ready to make changes in my attitude and behavior that will correct the situation.
Nehemiah 9:26-31 (English Standard Version)
"Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies. Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies. But after they had rest they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, and many times you delivered them according to your mercies. And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey. Many years you bore with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God."
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