Ezekiel 14:7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojournes in Israel, which separates himself from me… Dr. Cortland Meyers says that one of the electric bells in his home recently refused to ring. He failed to discover the cause. An electrician was sent for. After some time spent over it he found that right up under the bell, so insignificant as to be almost imperceptible, was a place where the point of contact was lost. It is often so with the Church. "Battery all right, machinery and wires all right, but the point of contact is defective" — disobedience, pride, covetousness have estranged the heart from God. (R. Venting.) Parallel Verses KJV: For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: |
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