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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

The Lord waits so long in His graciousness that people think He cannot judge, but when He does come in judgment, it is so decisive that it seems as if He cannot show mercy. For this is not the sudden anger of an irritable temper, easily inflamed but equally easily pacified. This is deliberate, measure wrath, following a full investigation of the facts. There can be no last-minute appeals or reprieves, for there is no higher court to whom appeal can be made, and no pertinent facts have been overlooked in reaching the verdict. So it was with Sodom and Gomorrah, and so it shall be at the end of history [see Luke 17:28-30].
Iain Duguid

Many of the pulpiteers of the past fifty years acted as though the first and last object of their calling was the salvation of souls, everything being made to bend to that aim. In consequence, the feeding of the sheep, the maintaining of a Scriptural discipline in the church, and the inculcation of practical piety, was crowded out; and only too often all sorts of worldly devices and fleshly methods were employed under the plea that the end justified the means; and thus the churches were filled with unregenerate members. In reality, such men defeated their own aim. The hard heart must be ploughed and harrowed before it can be receptive to the gospel seed. Doctrinal instruction must be given on the character of God, the requirements of his Law, the nature and heinousness of sin, if a foundation is to be laid for true evangelism. It is useless to preach Christ unto souls until they see and feel their desperate need of him.
A.W. Pink

    • FREE Online Serbian Bible. Jonah Chapter 4:1-11.

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    JON 4:1 A Joni bi vrlo nedrago, i rasrdi se.
    JON 4:2 I pomoli se Gospodu i reèe: Gospode! Ne rekoh li to kad još bejah u svojoj zemlji? Zato htedoh pre pobeæi u Tarsis; jer znah da si Ti Bog milostiv i žalostiv, spor na gnev i obilan milosrdjem i kaješ se oda zla.
    JON 4:3 Sada Gospode, uzmi dušu moju od mene, jer mi je bolje umreti nego živeti.
    JON 4:4 A Gospod reèe: Je li dobro što se srdiš?
    JON 4:5 I Jona izidje iz grada, i sede s istoka gradu i naèini onde kolibu, i sedjaše pod njom u hladu da vidi šta æe biti od grada.
    JON 4:6 A Gospod Bog zapovedi, te uzraste tikva nad Jonom da mu bude sen nad glavom da mu pomogne u muci njegovoj; i Jona se obradova tikvi veoma.
    JON 4:7 Potom zapovedi Bog, te dodje crv u zoru sutradan, i podgrize tikvu, te usahnu.
    JON 4:8 I kad ogranu sunce, posla Bog suv istoèni vetar; i sunce stade žeæi Jonu po glavi tako da obamiraše i požele da umre govoreæi: Bolje mi je umreti nego živeti.
    JON 4:9 A Bog reèe Joni: Je li dobro što se srdiš tikve radi? A on reèe: Dobro je što se srdim do smrti.
    JON 4:10 A Gospod mu reèe: Tebi je žao tikve, oko koje se nisi trudio, i koje nisi odgajio, nego jednu noæ uzraste a drugu noæ propade.
    JON 4:11 A meni da ne bude žao Ninevije, velikog grada, u kome ima više od sto i dvadeset hiljada ljudi koji još ne znaju šta je desno šta li levo, i mnogo stoke?

     



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