Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.
“Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,
If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”
For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place: “This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels.
until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.
Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
Your procession is seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
They pledged themselves to put away their wives, and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt.
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.
and said to them, “You shall not bring the captives in here, for you propose to bring upon us guilt against the Lord in addition to our present sins and guilt. For our guilt is already great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”
Now hear me, and send back the captives from your relatives whom you have taken, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.”
All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
Still the Lord did not turn from the burning of his great wrath, by which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.
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