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How quickly we can forget God’s goodness to us! What relief that we can return to Him for forgiveness!

BibleGateway: Judges 2:1-12

ESV Text: Judges 2:1-12


KJV Text:

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     1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.

     6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. 8 And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.(KJV)


Hymn: TLH 96:
Oh, Rejoice, Ye Christians Loudly

— Organ Audio

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1. Oh, rejoice, ye Christians, loudly, 
For our joy hath now begun; 
Wondrous things our God hath done. 
Tell abroad His goodness proudly 
Who our race hath honored thus 
That He deigns to dwell with us. 
Joy O joy, beyond all gladness, 
Christ hath done away with sadness! 
Hence, all sorrow and repining, 
For the Sun of Grace is shining! 

2. See, my soul, thy Savior chooses 
Weakness here and poverty; 
In such love He comes to thee 
Nor the hardest couch refuses; 
All He suffers for thy good, 
To redeem thee by His blood. 
Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness, 
Christ hath done away with sadness! 
Hence, all sorrow and repining, 
For the Sun of Grace is shining! 

3. Lord, how shall I thank Thee rightly? 
I acknowledge that by Thee 
I am saved eternally. 
Let me not forget it lightly, 
But to Thee at All times cleave 
And my heart true peace receive. 
Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness, 
Christ hath done away with sadness! 
Hence, all sorrow and repining, 
For the Sun of Grace is shining! 

4. Jesus, guard and guide Thy members, 
Fill Thy brethren with Thy grace, 
Hear their prayers in every place. 
Quicken now life’s faintest embers; 
Grant all Christians, far and near, 
Holy peace, a glad New Year! 
Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness, 
Christ hath done away with sadness! 
Hence, all sorrow and repining, 
For the Sun of Grace is shining!