God speaks today Wednesday | October 20, 2021
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
(Ezekiel 33:11)The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
(2 Peter 3:9) You can thwart God's good purposes for your life
God has great blessings and plans for our lives, but we have the power to frustrate and impede them by disobedience or stubbornness. This is illustrated in salvation, where God wants everyone to be saved, but many people do not follow the prescriptions for salvation and end up losing their souls. Our attitude can allow or prevent God's benevolent purposes from being realized in our lives. It is important to have a good heart to receive God's blessings.
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Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
(1 Timothy 2:4)For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
(Habakkuk 2:3)And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
(Isaiah 30:18)Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
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