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| Negative Volition is not a shame? |
Before we begin our Bible study Let us recite this verses:
A.“ Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path”. ( Psalm 119:105)
B.“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” ( John 4:24)
If you are new to the Bible then recite this verses:
A."For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
B.“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him" (John 3:36).
KING of Jeshurun Devotions on Psalms 31:17:
“Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave” .
Let me not be put to shame as David is praying to God alone he is praying to Christ alone.David is under divine discipline and God’s will is not to put him to shame but to be glorified through him. God will for his children is to honor them in every aspect of their life but at the same time why the evil and shame has been surrounded in the life of nation Israel and why it has been put to shame around the world? It is purely self induced misery or the sin nature of the people. ( Jer 17:9).God is not a man His thoughts and ways are definitely infinitely higher than mankind (Isa 55:8-9).God some times permits shame in the lives of His children but not approves it.Why does He permits because man is a free bird bestowed with freedom of choice so God never hinders the freedom of mankind.As man chooses his freedom and sins as a believer chooses carnality and sins he permits as per the free will but God plan for a believer is not to bring shame but blessing him.God allowed Adam and eve to eat forbidden fruit as per their freedom of choice but Ultimately He didn't approve their action.In the same way the Holocaust is the result of God's permission over man's sinful nature but not his approval to bring under the shame.God's spirit is grieved ( Gen 6:6; Mark 6:5) by the sinful and negative volition of Israel and mankind. The Israelites haven’t trust the Lord and the prophecies regarding the messiah but still under the blindness against gospel of salvation.A believer is put to shame when he is violating God’s law but David doesn’t want to be put to shame as he learnt it brought great misery and pain in his life.See the Jewish History negative volition brought them under different attacks by the invaders and enemies. Between the time of the First Kingdom of Israel and the Muslim conquests of the 7th century, the Land of Israel fell under Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Sassanian, and Byzantine rule and continued until ottoman empire till 20th century.
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| Jesus Christ is the answer for Israel and the whole world |
The great tragedy was of the Holocaust during 20th century.
"And you will be a horror, a byword, and a jeer among all the peoples to which Jehovah will drive you." - Deut. 28:37
God says: “How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it …Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you.” “But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil. But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares YAHWEH, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’” (Jeremiah 30:7, 15-17).Even Germany is 'filled with shame' over Nazi holocaust, Angela Merkel tells Israel
3:59PM GMT 18 Mar 2008
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has told Israel that her nation is "filled with shame" over the Nazi holocaust and that she bows before its victims.
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Germans are "filled with shame" over the Holocaust
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Mrs Merkel delivered the speech, in German, on the last day of a three-day visit to the Middle Eastern country. Speaking to the Knesset, or parliament, the chancellor praised the warm ties between the two nations, and said that Germany would always stand by Israel's side.
She singled out Iran as the greatest threat to Israel's security."The mass murder of six million Jews, carried out in the name of Germany, has brought indescribable suffering to the Jewish people, Europe and the entire world," she said to an audience that contained around 1,000 guests, including Holocaust survivors and Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious leaders.
"The Shoah fills us Germans with shame. I bow before the victims. I bow before the survivors and before all those who helped them survive," she said, using the Hebrew word for Holocaust.
"The Shoah fills us Germans with shame. I bow before the victims. I bow before the survivors and before all those who helped them survive," she said, using the Hebrew word for Holocaust.
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| Sheol is a place to those who are wicked and reject Christ |
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| Sheol is not meant for Mankind but Heave |
If our trust is rightly placed in Christ we will never be put to shame. The wicked will place trust on money power and many more of this worldly things.Never make money, power and approbation lust rule and take control over you.The Bible clarifies the wicked place their trust on these worldly things but not the Believer.David realized this truth and crying out for help from God alone.He understood that God permitted certain disturbances in his life but it is not for the approval of shame but for blessings.The place available for those who reject Christ and place their trust on money, power and wealth apart from God's will is grave the Hebrew word is “Sheol”.The Bible says "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven"(Matt 7:21).
Dear Reader if you think your money,power is everything to you then you are heading towards sheol.If you want eternal life believe in Jesus and always put your trust in Jesus.If your life is filled with shame believe in Jesus he will turn it a abundant blessings.
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.." ( Rom 8:1).
Let's pray: Our father in Heaven! We have seen in the history that through negative volition shame and reproach has approached in various forms to your children.We pray that we are not here to be controlled over by shame but to glorify Jesus.We thank you for there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.In Jesus name we pray.Amen!
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