Who Is a God Like Our God? Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy. —Micah 7: 18 The psalmist describes God as “merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in…

No Restrictions Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted? Are these His doings? Do not My words do good to him who walks uprightly? —Micah 2: 7 Is the Spirit of God restricted? Is He limited to whom He can speak through, or what He can say? Is the Spirit to be blamed for what…

Lying Vanities They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. —Jonah 2: 8 (KJV) After three miserable days and nights—days and nights he brought upon himself—Jonah hit dry ground and sought the Lord. And then he declared what he had learned in the belly of the whale: “They that observe lying vanities forsake their…

Possess Your Possessions But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. —Obadiah 1: 17 God had promised to give Israel the whole land, all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. It was theirs already—all they had to do was to put their…

Prepare to Meet God Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel! —Amos 4: 12 God warned Israel repeatedly. He brought calamities upon them. He tried to turn them back from their chosen path of destruction. But for all that,…

The Chosen “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? —Amos 3: 2-3 God chose Israel—not because they were good, or powerful. He chose them simply because He loves them. And it is through…