+DEV+ Jesus can Restore You

Date: August 14, 2013 10:12 PM
Topic: +DEV+  Jesus can Restore You

Jesus can Restore You

The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their forefathers to possess, says the Lord. (Jeremiah 30:3)
Scripture Focus: II Kings 25:1-21

God's chosen people, His beloved Israel, were split in two. In both Israel (to the north) and Judah (to the south), sin was rampant and, as a result, both ended up exiled in captivity. During this  horrible time God sent prophets to speak His words, His truth, His warnings to the people. These were men and women whose hearts were tuned in to hear God speak to them and then obediently pass those messages on.

Jeremiah was a prophet to Judah. He spoke of their destruction, but he also spoke God's words of hope: "I will bring my people back from captivity." Restoration... was it really possible? Is it possible for me? Is there a chance to start again after I have sinned? Absolutely yes, for God is in the business of rebuilding and restoring. That's why He sent His Son, Jesus, the One who brought us back from captivity. Through faith in His life, death and resurrection, our relationship with God can be restored and eternal life given! That's a message worth listening to over and over again.

Insight: "Restore to me the joy of my salvation," David cries out in Psalm 51. He knew that confession, forgiveness and restoration go together.




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