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

It is interesting to note that secular approaches have embraced an approach to confrontation that mirrors church discipline. It is technically called intervention. In essence it says that we can no longer wait for people to destroy themselves and others. They must be presented with the facts about their problem. They are out of touch with reality and need others to present it to them. Furthermore, this is best done by a group of people who deeply love the substance abuser. Curiously, intervention is hailed as one of the most significant advances in drug treatment. Yet church discipline is the original and intervention the imitator.
Edward Welch

Earnest intercession will be sure to bring love with it. I do not believe you can hate a man for whom you habitually pray. If you dislike any brother Christian, pray for him doubly, not only for his sake, but for your own, that you may be cured of prejudice and saved from all unkind feeling.
C.H. Spurgeon

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    1. The darkness first called # Ge 1:5
    2. Caused by God # Ps 104:20
    3. Belongs to God # Ps 74:16
    4. The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from # Ge 1:14
    5. The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by # Ge 1:16-18 Jer 31:35
    6. Commenced at sunset # Ge 28:11
    7. Continued until sunrise # Ps 104:22 Mt 28:1 Mr 16:2
    8. REGULAR SUCCESSION OF 8a) Established by covenant

      # Ge 8:22 Jer 33:20

    8b) Ordained for the glory of God # Ps 19:2 9) Originally divided into three watches # La 2:19 Jud 7:19 Ex 14:24 10) Divided into four watches by the Romans # Lu 12:38 Mt 14:25 Mr 13:35 11) FREQUENTLY 11a) Exceeding dark # Pr 7:9 11b) Cold and frosty # Ge 31:40 Jer 36:30 11c) Accompanied by heavy dew # Nu 11:9 Jud 6:38,40 Job 29:19 So 5:2 12) Unsuitable for labour # Joh 9:4 13) Unsuitable for travelling # Joh 11:10 14) Designed for rest # Ps 104:23 15) Wearisome to the afflicted # Job 7:3,4 16) Favourable to the purposes of the wicked # Ge 31:39 Job 24:14,15 Ob 1:5 1Th 5:2 17) Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during # 2Sa 21:10 Ps 104:21,22 18) THE JEWS 18a) Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during # Le 19:13 18b) Forbidden to allow malefactors to hang during # De 21:23 18c) In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation # Ps 6:6 30:5 Joe 1:13 18d) In affliction spent, in prayer # Ps 22:2 18e) Often kept lamps burning during # Pr 31:18 19) Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during # Ge 31:40 Lu 2:8 20) Eastern fishermen continued their employment during # Lu 5:5 Joh 21:3 21) GOD FREQUENTLY 21a) Revealed his will in # Ge 31:24 46:2 Nu 22:30 Da 7:2 21b) Visited his people in # 1Ki 3:5 Ps 17:3 21c) Executed his judgments in # Ex 12:12 2Ki 19:35 Job 27:20 Da 5:30 22) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 22a) Spiritual darkness # Ro 13:12 22b) Seasons of severe calamities # Isa 21:12 Am 5:8 22c) Seasons of spiritual desertion # So 3:1 22d) Death # Joh 9:4

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