{"id":84997,"date":"2020-04-01T04:48:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=84997"},"modified":"2020-03-31T07:53:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:53:10","slug":"9-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/01\/9-t\/","title":{"rendered":"9.t. “But their lies have led them astray”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amos 2:4 \u00a0 <\/span>Thus says the Lord: \u201cFor three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked.<\/p>\n

Amos 2:6 \u00a0 <\/span>Thus says the Lord: \u201cFor three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals\u2014 those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted;<\/p>\n

Amos 2:11 \u00a0 <\/span>And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?\u201d declares the Lord. \u201cBut you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, You shall not prophesy.\u2019 \u201cBehold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down. Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life; he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself, nor shall he who rides the horse save his life; and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day,\u201d declares the Lord.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How can someone reject what God expects inline with obedience?\u00a0 <\/span>I fear it is easier than we think.\u00a0 <\/span>Step back and take account of how much time was spent in His Word over the last week or two.\u00a0 <\/span>Was there thirst and hunger for your soul?\u00a0 <\/span>Was there anticipation for the Holy Spirit to speak into your heart and mind?\u00a0 <\/span>When there is no desire and seeking how to humbly serve, honor, follow, trust, and obey Jesus Christ it is no wonder God can say \u201cyou have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept His statutes.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Not only this but because there is no hunger and thirst to serve and honor Him something else creeps into our lives – lies.\u00a0 <\/span>These lies are born out of the lack of God\u2019s Word and because of this, we are influenced by what the world, culture, and society deem appropriate.\u00a0 <\/span>The worst part is that we buy into these lies.\u00a0 <\/span>We buy into the lie that we are good enough and have done enough to merit God\u2019s favor.\u00a0 <\/span>We buy into the lie that if the world approves or condones something it is alright.\u00a0 <\/span>A friend of mine told me this once, (I\u2019m sure he heard it somewhere else) \u201cright is right even though only one person is doing it, and wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>It is more than a lack of God\u2019s Word in our daily lives that leads us to rejection of its application in our lives.\u00a0 <\/span>It is the lack of desire, hunger, and thirst for God\u2019s Word that allows lies to replace the absolute truth found it in.\u00a0 <\/span>If ever there is a time to repent from this lack of desire and hunger it is now. \u201cSearch me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me,\u00a0and\u00a0lead me in\u00a0the way everlasting!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amos 2:4 \u00a0 Thus says the Lord: \u201cFor three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. Amos 2:6 \u00a0 Thus says the … Continue reading “9.t. “But their lies have led them astray””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[855,2916,3161,359,2243,4551,4,4936,8233,13328,9263,2030,1512,379,13330,581,137,13331,3517,1014,5364,241,13316,3089,13329,5202,655,6385,32,289,4168,12830,931,961],"class_list":["post-84997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-afflicted","tag-commanded","tag-declares","tag-drink","tag-earth","tag-flee-away","tag-heart","tag-israel","tag-judah","tag-law-of-the-lord","tag-led-them-astray","tag-lies","tag-mighty","tag-naked","tag-nazirites","tag-needy","tag-poor","tag-prophesyperish","tag-prophets","tag-punishment","tag-raised-up","tag-rejected","tag-revoke","tag-save","tag-sell-the-righteous","tag-stand","tag-statutes","tag-stout","tag-strength","tag-strong","tag-swift","tag-trample","tag-transgressions","tag-walked"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85000,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84997\/revisions\/85000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}