'They Were Taken Away.'
Isaiah 52:3-5.
a) Isaiah 52:3. When God's People were taken into slavery no one paid anything for them.
b) Isaiah 52:3. There were also to be Redeemed without payment of money.
c) Isaiah 52:4. The Lord God and King of His People spoke about them.
d) Isaiah 52:4. The Lord God spoke about the History of His People in Egypt.
e) Isaiah 52:4. The Lord God spoke about Assyria oppressing and crushing His People without cause.
f) Isaiah 52:5. A further experience of God's People.
g) Isaiah 52:5. This was the Announcement of the Lord God:-
1-Look what has happened to God's People.
2-They have been taken away again.
3-No one paid anything for them.
4-Those people who rule over God's People brag about it.
5-All day long, without stopping, people speak evil things against the Name of the Lord.
(This QT reminds me that sometimes God allows tragedies to happen: They Were Taken Away)
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'A Word For The Younger.'
1 Peter 5:5.
a) It is up to us individually what we do with this Scripture in responding to it.
b) The younger people in Church should follow the leading of the Leaders-Elders.
c) The younger people in Church should submit themselves to the Leaders-Elders.
d) The reality is that all of us should be subject to one another.
e) We all should be clothed with humility.
f) God resists and opposes proud people.
g) God gives Grace to humble people.
(This Second one reveals to me A Word For The Younger)
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Chris.
The Lord God spoke about the History of His People in Egypt. One of the foremost ways in which God taught His People was through reminding them of their experiences during their history. We can read about this many times in His Word. I do not think that God's Methods change. He still wants both Bible History and our personal history to teach us today.
