The book of Joshua speaks of a high-point in the history of God’s
people, Israel. By faith, they took possession of the land which the
Lord had provided for them. The book of Judges tells of the downward
slope - “ ... The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil
... “ (Judges 2:10-15). Although this was a bad time in the history of
Israel, there was also some encouragement - “Then the Lord would send
judges to rescue them from those who robbed them” (Judges 2:16). Sadly,
the people wouldn’t listen to the judges (Judges 2:17-19). There were
difficult times ahead for the people of Israel. The Lord allowed the
nations to remain in the land. This was His way of testing His people
(Judges 2:20-23).
"Be careful! Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" (Matthew 17:6),. even after there us divine revelation (Matthew 16:17), the influence of evil can be felt (Matthew 16:23), The warning - "Be careful! Watch out ... !" must never be forgotten. Satan is looking for an opportunity to leads us away from the Lord. We must hear what Jesus is saying to us about discipleship (Matthew 16:24), and we must commit ourselves to Him (Matthew 16:25). There is nothing more important than this (Matthew 16:26). If we are to be true followers of Jesus, we must learn to live our lives in the light of eternity (Matthew 16:27). We are to seek revelations of God's eternal Kingdom, revelations which will send us back, from the mountain-top, to live each day for Jesus.
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