Good Morning. In Hos. 6:1, 2 we see the children of Israel returning to the Lord after their apostasy. The word of the Lord said, “Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.” Matthew Henry in his commentary on these verses said, “It is the great concern of those who have revolted from God to return to him. And those who have gone from him by consent, and in a body, drawing one another to sin, should by consent, and in a body, return to him, which will be for his glory and their mutual edification. The experience they had had of his displeasure: Let us return to him, for he has torn, he has smitten. We have been torn, and it was he that tore us; we have been smitten, and it was he that smote us. Therefore let us return to him, because it is for our revolts from him that he has torn and smitten us in anger, and we cannot expect that he should be reconciled to us till we return to him; and for this end he has afflicted us thus, that we might be wrought upon to return to him. His hand will be stretched out still against us if the people turn not to him that smites them, Isa. 9:12, 13. Note, The consideration of the judgments of God upon us and our land, especially when they are tearing judgments, should awaken us to return to God by repentance, and prayer, and reformation.” For those who have fallen away from God, I pray that this message from the Lord this morning will encourage them to return to the Lord. For in the presence of the Lord there is fullness of joy. And at His right hand there are pleasures for evermore. I pray that we will return to the Lord right now. I have returned - https://youtube/watch?v=FhpxcDeA0E4 Have a blessed and Holy Spirit-filled day.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:26:50 +0000
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