SUNDAY JULY 12, 2020
TOPIC: PAYDAY IS COMING
TEXT: JEREMIAH 25:15-29
KEY VERSE: "For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts" (JEREMIAH 25:29).
On December 25th, 1908, a newspaper published in Messina printed a parody against God, daring Him to make Himself known by sending an earthquake. Three days later, the city and its surrounding district were devastated by a terrible quake that killed 84,000 people! Payday is coming someday for all. It is the duty of the Christian to prepare for God's judgment.
The passage under consideration unveils the decision of God against Babylon. Babylon would be destroyed for her wickedness and cruelty, and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Jeremiah was to warn of this impending judgment. He was also assigned by God to inform people that the cup of His wrath was soon to be poured on Israel and other nations like Egypt, Edom and the Philistines.
Judgment is coming. God has appointed a day in which He will judge the world for her sins. The present world system will not escape the judgment of God. All human deeds are on record and there would be no room for falsification of facts. Every action of man will be judged. Every thought (good or bad) will be brought to light. Boys and girls, and all adults of every race and in every continent, will face the consequences of their professions.
The treatment we give to the word of God will determine our destiny. Therefore, believers should not relax in their evangelistic outreaches because the judgment of God remains unchanging for all unrepentant souls from generation to generation. Persecutors of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ will not escape the wrath of God except they repent. The train of God's judgment is coming slowly but surely, and it is important for all and sundry to be prepared.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Judgment day is coming!
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SUNDAY JULY 12, 2020
TOPIC: THE MYSTERY OF THE FOURTH MAN
TEXT:DANIEL 3:16-25
MEMORY VERSE: "He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God" (DANIEL 3:25).
King Nebuchadnezzar approached the opening of the blazing fiery furnace. He shouted out, "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come hither." So, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire unhurt.
Nebuchadnezzar saw a fourth man, the appearance of the fourth man resembled a divine being. Indeed, the fourth man was Christ, the Son of God.
In Daniel 3:28, Nebuchadnezzar said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God."
This gives us a beautiful image of the children of God often walking unhurt amidst dangers, and safe beneath the divine protection of God (Psalm 138:7-8).
You too can walk unhurt like these three Hebrews if you stand for Jesus; He is the only Messiah, the Saviour of the whole world; Him only we will serve and no other God beside Him.
QUOTE: He is the only Messiah.
CHALLENGE: With Jesus, you are safe in the fiery furnace.
PRAYER: O Lord, stand by me in tough times.