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King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Scripture focus
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Joshua 24:15 — KJV
Choose you this day. The command to serve the Lord does not preclude choice. Any service that is not voluntary is useless. God sets before men life and death and urges them to choose life, but He does not interfere with their contrary choice, nor does He protect them from its natural results.
My house. Those that are leaders in the cause of God must take special care that those under their charge, particularly those in their own home (1 Tim. 3:4, 5), follow in the way of righteousness. Joshua resolved that he and his house would serve the Lord despite what others did. Sometimes the choice to serve God becomes a singular act. But “thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil” (Ex. 23:2). Those who are bound for heaven must be willing, despite all opposition, to do as the best do and not as the most do. Joshua had been remarkably true to God all his life. He was resolved to remain faithful to the last.
His last appeal was for the people to follow his example of consecration, and the dignity and simplicity of his life added powerfully to the weight of his words.
By SdaBc
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