June 23, 2024 – “Pride Goeth Before…”

Obadiah 1:1-4

“WHEN PEOPLE REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM OR PLACE THEMSELVES IN OPPOSITION TO GOD’S PEOPLE, THEY CAN EXPECT JUDGMENT, RATHER THAN RESTORATION, AT THE END OF LIFE.”

“front-loading contentment.” Your go-to attitude is thankfulness for what you have.

Proverbs 14:30

Ezekiel 2:1-4

THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR EDOM.

“OBADIAH’S PROPHECY FOCUSES ON THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF .”

John Calvin:  “{People} will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.”

Charles Spurgeon:  “The saint is grieved to think that he has sin to confess, but he is glad to think that he is enabled to confess sin. The saint is vexed that he should have so much infirmity, yet he glorifies in infirmity because the power of Christ doth rest upon him.”

Spurgeon:  “The bleeding hands of Jesus drip with mercy.”

Proverbs 16:18

John 15:5

John 6:44

1 Corinthians 1:26-31

1 Corinthians 4:7

Charles Spurgeon:  “YOUR OWN WORKS WILL NEVER COVER YOU AS YOU SHOULD BE COVERED; THERE IS A BETTER RIGHTEOUSNESS THAN YOURS TO BE HAD; THERE IS A BETTER FOOTING TO STAND BEFORE GOD UPON THAN ANYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.”

And together, the people of God said:

“YES, I BELIEVE IN THE WORKS OF JESUS CHRIST, ONLY BY HIS WORKS ON THE CROSS ARE WE SAVED.”