SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/19/2016 11:23 PM
My Worship Time Focus: The Insolence
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Zechariah 7: 11
Message of the verses: “But they refused to pay attention and turned
a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing. Zechariah is speaking
about the generation before them and does not want to see this generation make
the same mistakes that they did. John
MacArthur writes that there is a four step progression here which we will look
at. First as seen in verse eleven “they
refused to pay attention,” and this shows us that they took lightly what the
Lord had to say to them. Next we see
that they turned a rebellious shoulder and this phrase is also used in Hosea
4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected
knowledge, I also will reject you from being My priest. Since you have
forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.” Once again we see that the Jews did not want
to have anything to do with God’s Law.
Next we see that these people
stopped up their ears as seen at the end of verse eleven. This was a deliberate way not listening to
the Lord, or the prophets He sent them who spoke about His Word. They had made up their minds and did not want
to be bothered with any of the facts, and this is the fourth stage of their
fall.
In our next SD we will look at the
insolence which begins in verse 12.
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