I know I’ve Read this before, but….
We’re continuing our study of the “Three Pillars” during our Sunday morning services at Dunningville. Currently we’re about half way through the second pillar (Justice & Ministry), so Zachariah 7:8-14 seemed a reasonable choice for one of Sunday’s passages:
And the word of the LORD came again to Zechariah: “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other.’ “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and stopped up their ears. They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the LORD Almighty was very angry. “ ‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land was left so desolate behind them that no one could come or go. This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.’ ”
What I find interesting about it, is that God is essentially promising to ignore the Israelite’s prayers if they ignore the divine expectation to do justice. Wow! Ouch!
Grace and Peace,
`tim
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