This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. (Lamentations 3:21-26)
Even in the midst of calamity, Jeremiah proclaimed the goodness of the Lord. Even while he lamented his own condition, he declared the faithfulness of GOD. GOD had not forgotten or forsaken him. The once glorious city of Jerusalem was now an overrun impoverished mess, a poor shadow of itself. The rest of what remained of Judah wasn't much better. And all of it at the Hand of GOD, who had poured out His wrath on the city and nation for its idolatry and rebellion to His Word. But, the faithful remained, in poverty and desolate conditions, GOD had not abandoned His own. He still cares for us all. While disciplining those that stray, He also disciples those that follow and all for His glory, for He is Worthy.
Jesus saves us from our sIn, and we rejoice in Him. He saves us through our sojourn here, and we live in Him and He in us. And one day, He will gloriously save us to Himself for all eternity, and we will praise the Lamb that was slain. He is our Hope, our Provider, and our merciful King. And, He commands us to tell others of His love for them and the provision of peace with GOD that He paid for on the Cross of Calvary, that they too might have hope in this life and the next.
For without Jesus Christ and His free gift of forgiveness of our sIn through faith in Him we would all be consumed. GOD has declared those that don't know Him to be still under condemnation because of your sIn, but has provided His only begotten Son that you may be born again and receive by faith a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Jesus Christ that is abundant and everlasting. He is not willing that you should perish, but wants you to come to the knowledge of the Truth. The Truth that Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Believe Him today.
If you are one of His, declare His works to the children of men that they might know and live.
In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
Jesus saves us from our sIn, and we rejoice in Him. He saves us through our sojourn here, and we live in Him and He in us. And one day, He will gloriously save us to Himself for all eternity, and we will praise the Lamb that was slain. He is our Hope, our Provider, and our merciful King. And, He commands us to tell others of His love for them and the provision of peace with GOD that He paid for on the Cross of Calvary, that they too might have hope in this life and the next.
For without Jesus Christ and His free gift of forgiveness of our sIn through faith in Him we would all be consumed. GOD has declared those that don't know Him to be still under condemnation because of your sIn, but has provided His only begotten Son that you may be born again and receive by faith a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Jesus Christ that is abundant and everlasting. He is not willing that you should perish, but wants you to come to the knowledge of the Truth. The Truth that Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Believe Him today.
If you are one of His, declare His works to the children of men that they might know and live.
In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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