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Psalms 39:3
My heart was deeply troubled. As I thought about what was happening to me, I became even more troubled. Then I spoke out.
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Ezekiel 3:14-27
Then the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. My spirit was bitter. I was very angry. The power of the Lord was on me.I came to my people who had been brought as prisoners to Tel Aviv. It was near the Kebar River. I went to where they were living. There I sat among them for seven days. I was very sad and scared about everything that had happened.After seven days, a message from the Lord came to me.The Lord said,“ Son of man, I have appointed you as a prophet to warn the people of Israel. So listen to my message. Give them a warning from me.Suppose I say to a sinful person,‘ You can be sure you will die.’ And you do not warn them. You do not try to get them to change their evil ways in order to save their life. Then that sinful person will die because they have sinned. And I will hold you responsible for their death.But suppose you do warn that sinful person. And they do not turn away from their sin or their evil ways. Then they will die because they have sinned. But you will have saved yourself.“ Or suppose a godly person turns away from their godliness and does what is evil. And suppose I put something in their way that will trip them up. Then they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The godly things that person did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for their death.But suppose you do warn a godly person not to sin. And they do not sin. Then you can be sure that they will live because they listened to your warning. And you will have saved yourself.”The power of the Lord was on me. He said,“ Get up. Go out to the plain. I will speak to you there.”So I got up and went out to the plain. The glory of the Lord was standing there. It was just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River. So I fell with my face toward the ground.Then the Spirit of the Lord came into me. He raised me to my feet. He said to me,“ Go, son of man. Shut yourself inside your house.Some people will tie you up with ropes. So you will not be able to go out among your people.I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth. Then you will be silent. You will not be able to correct them. That’s because they always refuse to obey me.But later I will speak to you. I will open your mouth. Then you will tell them,‘ Here is what the Lord and King says.’ Those who listen will listen. And those who refuse to listen will refuse. They always refuse to obey me.
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2 Corinthians 5 13-2 Corinthians 5 14
Are we“ out of our minds,” as some people say? If so, it is because we want to serve God. Does what we say make sense? If so, it is because we want to serve you.Christ’s love controls us. We are sure that one person died for everyone. And so everyone died.
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Acts 4:20
There’s nothing else we can do. We have to speak about the things we’ve seen and heard.”
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Jeremiah 20:9
Sometimes I think,“ I won’t talk about his message anymore. I’ll never speak in his name again.” But then your message burns in my heart. It’s like a fire deep inside my bones. I’m tired of holding it in. In fact, I can’t.
