Notice the word "given." David was never Israel's private treasure. "Behold, I have given him for a witness to the…Notice the word "given." David was never Israel's private treasure. "Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples." God's mercy never stops with the one who receives it. If the sure mercies of David reached you, an outsider, then you too are already being given away to someone.
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Why is the patience of God called salvation?
The answer is in 2 Peter 3:15 ↓
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James stands in the middle of the church's fiercest argument and says, "This agrees with the words of the prophets."…James stands in the middle of the church's fiercest argument and says, "This agrees with the words of the prophets." He doesn't win by force of personality. He goes back to what God already said, and finds that God had been announcing this welcome for centuries.
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Father, keep me from trading truth for a little comfort or gain. I don't want to tell people what they…Father, keep me from trading truth for a little comfort or gain. I don't want to tell people what they want to hear, or take false hope from anyone who needs your honest word. Guard my mouth, and let what I say be worthy of your name.
Forty years. The same stretch Israel wandered in the wilderness, now measured out to Egypt. God does not pick that…Forty years. The same stretch Israel wandered in the wilderness, now measured out to Egypt. God does not pick that number by accident. It is long enough to unlearn something. Judah had leaned on Egypt's strength instead of God's, so God let that strength crumble in plain sight. What are you leaning on that He loves you too much to leave standing?
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