{"id":931,"date":"2020-08-09T15:08:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T20:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=931"},"modified":"2020-08-09T15:08:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T20:08:29","slug":"seek-good-and-not-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/09\/seek-good-and-not-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Seek Good and not Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cSeek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.<\/strong>\u201d
Amos 5:14 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

According to Amos 5:14, we are to seek good things in this\nworld, not evil. Many times, God\u2019s people had quit seeking good and were\ncontinually doing evil. God often sent a prophet to speak His words to the\npeople; frequently it was when God\u2019s people were in sin and rebellion. The\nprophets were sent to remind the people to seek God and follow His commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you think about it, the prophets had a fascinating role in\nhistory. Not only did God send His prophets to tell the people to seek God and\nfollow His commands, but they were entrusted with God\u2019s Word to be delivered to\nthe people. Exposing the sins of the people and revealing the need for\nrepentance (turning a humble heart back to God) took much courage. Although it\nwas a difficult task, we see faithful men accomplish what God asked of them.\nEven when the people refused to listen at the time, we see God working to\nfulfill His plan. As students of the Bible, we should never be afraid to study\nthe words written in the books of prophecy. Understand that God knew and chose\nthese men.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God called Isaiah<\/strong>. God asked whom He could send; who\nwould go? Isaiah answered God\u2019s call to go and tell. He obeyed when God called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God knew Jeremiah<\/strong> before he was born. He knew Jeremiah\nwould be a prophet for God (see Jeremiah 1:4-10). He called, prepared, sent,\nand promised to be with Jeremiah. Jeremiah prophesied for over forty years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ezekiel<\/strong> was called by God to speak to the children who\nwere born in captivity, for many of them would be the ones who would later\nreturn to Jerusalem after the\nseventy years of captivity. He helps us understand the importance of teaching\nour children about the things of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel<\/strong> proved himself worthy to be use by God when he\nrefused to obey the king and instead chose to obey God\u2019s commands. He and his\nthree friends were not afraid to stand and choose to obey God rather than man. They\nare mighty examples for us to remain a separate and faithful people, despite\nadverse circumstances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prophets were called such because they were messengers of\nGod, men whom God called to proclaim \u201cthe word of the Lord\u201d to His people, the\nIsraelites. The Gentile nations were usually only mentioned as either a source\nof conflict with the nation or for being blessed because of Israel.\nPrimarily, the prophets were to expose the sins of the people, revealing the\nneed for repentance and to remind the people to obey God\u2019s laws. \u201cSeek good, and not evil, that ye may live:\nand so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken<\/strong>\u201d\n(Amos 5:14). The prophets told of\ntwo very important events: the first and second coming of Jesus. They gave many\ninsights as to the timing, the place, and even the manner in which He would\ncome. Even when they could not fully understand everything they recorded in\nGod\u2019s Word for us to read today, they were faithful to obey God and His\ncommands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember that God never gives us anything to do that He won\u2019t help us complete, if we only will trust Him. Because only God knows all, we sometimes have trouble obeying when we don\u2019t understand. As we read, we can understand that the prophets were faithful men who followed God, even when they didn\u2019t completely understand. Sometimes the prophet held only a piece of the future events. These prophets each held different pieces of information given to them by God. Now we can read the entirety, put those pieces together, and see they all point to Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you put the pieces together to see Jesus? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also seen on Lighthouse Gospel Beacon<\/a> Blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to Amos 5:14, we are to seek good things in this world, not evil. Many times, God\u2019s people had quit seeking good and were continually doing evil. God often sent a prophet to speak His words to the people; frequently it was when God\u2019s people were in sin and rebellion. The prophets were sent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[390,318,314],"tags":[63,62,396,248,59,60,80,403,242],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lighthouse-publishing-blog","category-picture-with-verse-and-blog","category-year-one-quarter-one","tag-daniel","tag-ezekiel","tag-faithful","tag-good","tag-isaiah","tag-jeremiah","tag-jesus","tag-prophets","tag-seek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":933,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}