Two Evils: Forsaking God & Trusting Our Work
!["For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water. Thoughts of God, David Reese](https://i0.wp.com/www.thoughtsofgod.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Broken-Cisterns.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1)
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water. The first and greatest evil in this verse, and really in general, is turning away from God’s life giving Spirit. Being turned from God is death, not because God is punishing us, but that God is life. His Spirit has always been, and […]
The Watcher’s Duty
![The Watcher, “Now as for you, son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a message from My mouth and give them warning from Me, mythoughts, thoughtsofgod](https://i0.wp.com/www.thoughtsofgod.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/The-Watcher.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1)
God’s Word is delivered to Ezekiel so that in turn Ezekiel can instruct the son’s of Israel. The instruction relates to haṣ·ṣō·p̄eh, the watcher, and the role of a watcher. The watcher is to be taken from the people. The role of the watcher is to warn the people when the sword is seen […]
God’s Spirit Spoke to the Prophets and Gave Them Visions
![Sh'ma Yissrael - Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! אֶחָֽד יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהוָ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל שְׁמַ֖ע You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. מְאֹדֶֽךָ׃וּבְכָל־ נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־ לְבָבְךָ֥ בְּכָל־ אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ יְהוָ֣ה אֵ֖ת וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔](https://i0.wp.com/www.thoughtsofgod.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Shma-Yisrael-Shema.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1)
As He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me.” Ezekiel 2
Chapter 1 – The Holy Spirit in the Life of the Lord Jesus Christ
![The mystery of the incarnation is repeated every time a soul is created anew in Christ Jesus. Into the unholy being of a child of Adam, a seed of incorruptible and eternal life is implanted by the divine Spirit, and that seed is in itself, through the life of God, holy and incorruptible. Just as you may see in the sweet springtime the little white, spotless shoot, coming from the dark soil and out of the heap of manure, unstained by all its gross surroundings, so out of our lost humanity the Holy Spirit causes to spring forth the life of the newborn soul; and while the subject of that marvelous experience may seem an imperfect being, still he has that within him, of which the apostle has said, "His seed remaineth in him, and cannot sin; because it is born of God." He can sin, but that holy nature implanted in him cannot; it is like its Author, holy, too. mythoughts, thoughtsofgod](https://i0.wp.com/www.thoughtsofgod.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/The-Holy-Spirit-A-B-Simpson-Chapter-1-The-Holy-Spirit-in-the-Life-of-the-Lord-Jesus-Christ.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1)
The Holy Spirit … comes to us as the Spirit of Christ …. Look at the relation of the Holy Ghost to the person of our Lord in His first baptism and earthly ministry.