'To Turn Or Not To Turn.'
a) Joshua 1:7. Be strong and courageous, do not turn away from the Word of God.
b) Joshua 23:6. Do not turn aside from the Law of Moses.
c) 1 Kings 13:17. When the Lord says we should not turn, then do not turn.
d) 1 Kings 17:3. Turn eastward and hide.
e) 2 Chronicles 7:14. We are to turn from our wicked ways.
f) 2 Chronicles 29:10. When we make a Covenant with Jehovah then His Anger may be turned away from us.
g) 2 Chronicles 30:8. God's Counsel:-
1-Do not harden your necks.
2-Yield yourselves to Jehovah.
3-Come to Jehovah's Sanctuary.
4-Jehovah has Sanctified His Sanctuary forever.
5-Serve Jehovah our God.
6-The fierceness of His Anger will turn away from us.
h) 2 Chronicles 30:9. Jehovah our God is Gracious and Merciful. He will not turn His Face away from us if we return to Him.
i) Psalm 119:39. Turn away my reproach, which I fear, for Thy Judgements are good.
j) Psalm 119:132. Turn to me and be Gracious to me, as you are to those people who love Your Name.
k) Psalm 125:5. We should not turn aside to our wicked ways.
l) Psalm 126:4. Turn our captivities Oh Lord, as streams in the South.
m) Proverbs 4:27. Do not turn to the Right or to the Left, we are to remove our feet from evil.
n) Proverbs 13:14. The Teaching of a wise man is a fountain of Life, to turn people away from the snares of death.
o) Proverbs 29:8. Wise men turn away anger in a City.
p) Jeremiah 26:3. When we turn from our evil way, then God repents of the evil which He planned to do to us.
q) Jeremiah 29:14. God says that His People will find Him. Then:-
1-He will turn their captivity. (Jeremiah 30:3)
2-He will gather them from all the Nations.
3-He will gather them from all the places where He had driven them.
4-He will bring His People into their place.
r) Jeremiah 33:11. The Lord will turn again the captivity of the Land, as at the Beginning.
s) Jeremiah 33:26. The Lord will turn the captivity of His People and have Mercy upon them.
t) Ezekiel 3:20. Righteous people should not turn away from their righteousness.
u) Daniel 12:3. If we turn many people to Righteousness, we shall be like shining stars.
v) Joel 2:13. It is time to:-
1-Rend our hearts.
2-Not our garments.
3-Turn to Jehovah our God.
4-For He is:-
A-Gracious.
B-Merciful.
C-Slow to anger.
D-Of great loving-kindness.
w) Matthew 24:18. The one who has been in the field should not turn back to take his garment.
x) Luke 1:16. John Baptist shall turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.
y) Luke 1:17. The hearts of the fathers need to be turned to their children.
z) Acts 15:19. People from the Nations turn to God.
(This QT challenges me: To Turn Or Not To Turn)
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'Taught By Discipline.'
1 Timothy 1:20.
a) Apostle Paul disciplined Hymenaeus and Alexander.
b) By delivering them over to Satan.
c) To teach them not to blaspheme.
(Through this Second one I know that sometimes, in certain situations the Church needs to be Taught By Discipline)
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Chris.
When we turn to what is correct and away from what is wrong it should be a really genuine turning that comes from our repentant heart. It is a heart issue and not a "garments" issue. We do not make any public show, attempting to show people how much our lives have changed, rather we calmly and simply walk with the Lord.
