Ezra 3:1-13 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities… I. RELIGION IS; OR SHOULD BE, A UNITING FORCE. II. WE NEED NOT, AND SHOULD NOT, WALT BEFORE WE WORSHIP GOD. III. THERE SHOULD BE SOME REGULARITY IN OUR DEVOTION. IV. OUR OFFERING MUST COME FROM THE HEART AS WELL AS FROM THE HAND. V. THE CAUSE OF CHRIST MUST HAVE THE REST SERVICE WE CAN SECURE. VI. SOME TAKE A HIGHER, SOME A HUMBLER POST IN THE SERVICE OF GOD. VII. WE DO WELL TO REJOICE WHEN WE LAY THE FOUNDATION OF A USEFUL WORK. VIII. JOY IS SAFE AND WISE WHEN IT PASSES INTO PRAISE. IX. SORROW AND JOY BLEND STRANGELY IN THE EVENTS OF LIFE. (W. Clarkson, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. |
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