DAY 232 Read Ezekiel 22 and 23.
Today's reading: These chapters point out some of the sins that brought disaster on Judah's people. In chapter 22, verses 18 and 22, pure metal is melted in the furnace.
Memory gem: "The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times" (Psalm 12:6).
Thought for today:
"In these days of peril shall we show less devotion to the truth of God, and less fervent attachment to His law, than in former years? The very condition of things exists which Christ declared would be, prior to His second coming in power and glory. The prevailing ungodliness tends to paralyze and even to destroy true faith and piety. But this is the very time when the gold of Christian integrity will shine brightest, in contrast to the dross of hypocrisy and corruption. Now is the time for Christ's chosen to show their devotion to His service--the time for all His followers to bear the noblest testimony for their Master by standing firm against the prevailing current of evil.
"As we see the results which have followed a disregard of God's law--dishonesty, theft, licentiousness, drunkenness, and murder--we are prepared to say with the psalmist, 'I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold'; 'in keeping of them, there is great reward.' When the divine law is set aside, the greatest misery will result, both to families and to society. Our only hope of better things is to be found in a faithful adherence to the precepts of Jehovah."--Sons and Daughters of God, p. 54.
Today's reading: These chapters point out some of the sins that brought disaster on Judah's people. In chapter 22, verses 18 and 22, pure metal is melted in the furnace.
Memory gem: "The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times" (Psalm 12:6).
Thought for today:
"In these days of peril shall we show less devotion to the truth of God, and less fervent attachment to His law, than in former years? The very condition of things exists which Christ declared would be, prior to His second coming in power and glory. The prevailing ungodliness tends to paralyze and even to destroy true faith and piety. But this is the very time when the gold of Christian integrity will shine brightest, in contrast to the dross of hypocrisy and corruption. Now is the time for Christ's chosen to show their devotion to His service--the time for all His followers to bear the noblest testimony for their Master by standing firm against the prevailing current of evil.
"As we see the results which have followed a disregard of God's law--dishonesty, theft, licentiousness, drunkenness, and murder--we are prepared to say with the psalmist, 'I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold'; 'in keeping of them, there is great reward.' When the divine law is set aside, the greatest misery will result, both to families and to society. Our only hope of better things is to be found in a faithful adherence to the precepts of Jehovah."--Sons and Daughters of God, p. 54.
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