Study with Pastor Kelvin
Read: EZRA chapters 9-10
Summary:
When Ezra has been in Judea for a little over four months he faces the problem of mixed marriages. Deuteronomy and Exodus prohibited intermarriages with pagan people because, as God's chosen people, the Jews are to be " holy to the Lord ". Ezra is appalled to learn that even some of the priests have married Canaanites. He tears his clothes as a mark of public shame and guilt. He then utters one of the Old Testament's most powerful prayers of confession, in which he identifies himself with God's sinning people. Ezra's emotional prayer moves others to promise to support Ezra in enforcing the Law. A proclamation orders all men of Judah to appear in Jerusalem, where Ezra boldly confronts them. The assembly agrees that pagan wives must be divorced and their children sent away. Each case is investigated, and the guilty are forced to divorce their foreign wives.
Prayer Point:
In the name of Jesus Christ as I pray, O' Lord renew a right spirit within me.
- What insights did you gain?
- How can you apply this passage in your life?
When the spirit of God is at work in your life, it is easy to experience a change.
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ReplyDeleteGod hate seeing his own mixing with canality,that is why he always want us to come out from them and be separated (1stCorinthians6:14-18..Be ye not equally yoked with together with unbelievers:for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?and what communion hath light with darkness?And what Concord hath Christ Belial?or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?And what aggrement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God;as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate,saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
ReplyDeleteSorry for mistake,the text should be 2nd Corinthians6:14-18
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