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ARISE THEREFORE, AND BE DOING

It is important that every child of God know and understand that they have been given complete victory over sin, the flesh, and the devil.   This victory is ours in Jesus Christ our Lord.   It is part of the gift of grace that God has given us through the offering of His dearly beloved Son, and we find that God’s great and abundant grace is sufficient to meet any and every need that we may encounter in our lives.   Although there are times when we may feel that we are very weak and that the victory is out of our reach, yet the power of God’s mighty strength is perfected in us despite our infirmities and weaknesses! (2 Corinthians 12:9).   Jesus has overcome all things, and now His triumph has become ours through our faith in Him and in His finished work of redemption.   Now we can say with the Apostle Paul, “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ .” (1 Corinthians 15:57).     Consider the following promise...
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THE CHAMBERS OF IMAGERY

"And He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.  Then said He unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.  And He said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.  So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about .  And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel…with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.  Then said He unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth ." (Ezekiel 8:7-12).   Ezekiel prophesied to the Jews during the time of their captivity in Babylon.  The Prophet Jeremiah was a contempor...
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A VALLEY OF BONES

The Prophet Ezekiel was among those Jews who had been relocated to Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar defeated them and destroyed Jerusalem along with the Temple of Solomon that stood there.  The Jews had been very disobedient to God and had turned to worshipping the idols of the nations around them.  The Lord was very displeased with His people and had pleaded with them repeatedly through the words of His prophets, but they would not respond to Him and repent.  Finally, God warned them one last time that a stronger nation would come, defeat them, and carry them away from their homes in Israel.  In the book of Ezekiel, there is a very unflattering picture of the Body of Christ.  In chapter 37 God showed His prophet a valley full of dry bones that were scattered all over the ground and bleaching in the sun.  The Lord told Ezekiel, “... these bones are the whole house of Israel .”  So, the Lord was likening the scattering of His people to the scattered bones i...
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