GOD's LAW on PEACE

2 Chronicles 15:5-6

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5 And in those times there was no peace 

to him that went out, 

nor to him that came in, 

but great vexations were upon 

all the inhabitants of the countries.

6 And nation was destroyed of nation, 

and city of city: 

for God did vex them with all adversity.

How can nations have peace?

Why is there so much trouble?

You will find from these verses the reasons why.

And you will marvel that the solution had been there.

All along.

Nations can have peace.

Anytime GOD deems it.

Anytime we turn back to the LORD.

The Bible says so:

Deuteronomy 4:30-31

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30 When thou art in tribulation, 

and all these things are come upon thee, 

even in the latter days, 

if thou turn to the Lord thy God, 

and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) 

he will not forsake thee, 

neither destroy thee, 

nor forget the covenant of thy fathers 

which he sware unto them.

Deuteronomy 30:1-3

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30 And it shall come to pass, 

when all these things are come upon thee, 

the blessing and the curse, 

which I have set before thee, 

and thou shalt call them to mind 

among all the nations, 

whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee,

2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, 

and shalt obey his voice 

according to all that I command thee this day, 

thou and thy children, 

with all thine heart, 

and with all thy soul;

3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, 

and have compassion upon thee, 

and will return and gather thee from all the nations, 

whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.

1 Samuel 7:2-4

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2 And it came to pass, 

while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, 

that the time was long; 

for it was twenty years: 

and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, 

saying, 

If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, 

then put away the strange gods 

and Ashtaroth from among you, 

and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, 

and serve him only: 

and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim 

and Ashtaroth, 

and served the Lord only.

2 Chronicles 15:3-4

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3 Now for a long season 

Israel hath been without the true God, 

and without a teaching priest, 

and without law.

4 But when they in their trouble 

did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, 

and sought him, 

he was found of them.

Nehemiah 1:8-9

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8 Remember, I beseech thee, 

the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, 

saying, 

If ye transgress, 

I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

9 But if ye turn unto me,

and keep my commandments, 

and do them; 

though there were of you cast out 

unto the uttermost part of the heaven, 

yet will I gather them from thence, 

and will bring them unto the place 

that I have chosen to set my name there.

Job 22:23

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23 If thou return to the Almighty, 

thou shalt be built up, 

thou shalt put away iniquity 

far from thy tabernacles.

Isaiah 10:20-23

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20 And it shall come to pass in that day, 

that the remnant of Israel, 

and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, 

shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; 

but shall stay upon the Lord, 

the Holy One of Israel, 

in truth.

21 The remnant shall return,

 even the remnant of Jacob, 

unto the mighty God.

22 For though thy people Israel 

be as the sand of the sea, 

yet a remnant of them shall return: 

the consumption decreed 

shall overflow with righteousness.

23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, 

even determined, 

in the midst of all the land.

Isaiah 19:22-25

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22 And the Lord shall smite Egypt: 

he shall smite and heal it: 

and they shall return even to the Lord, 

and he shall be intreated of them, 

and shall heal them.

23 In that day shall there be a highway 

out of Egypt to Assyria, 

and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, 

and the Egyptian into Assyria, 

and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

24 In that day shall Israel be the third 

with Egypt and with Assyria, 

even a blessing in the midst of the land:

25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, 

saying, 

Blessed be Egypt my people, 

and Assyria the work of my hands, 

and Israel mine inheritance.

Isaiah 31:6

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6 Turn ye unto him 

from whom the children of Israel 

have deeply revolted.

Isaiah 55:6-7

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6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, 

call ye upon him while he is near:

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, 

and the unrighteous man his thoughts: 

and let him return unto the Lord, 

and he will have mercy upon him; 

and to our God, 

for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 59:18-20

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18 According to their deeds, 

accordingly he will repay, 

fury to his adversaries, 

recompence to his enemies; 

to the islands he will repay recompence.

19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord 

from the west, 

and his glory from the rising of the sun. 

When the enemy shall come in like a flood, 

the Spirit of the Lord 

shall lift up a standard against him.

20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, 

and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, 

saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:11-13

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11 And the Lord said unto me, 

The backsliding Israel hath justified herself 

more than treacherous Judah.

12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, 

and say, 

Return, thou backsliding Israel, 

saith the Lord; 

and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: 

for I am merciful, 

saith the Lord, 

and I will not keep anger for ever.

13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, 

that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, 

and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers 

under every green tree, 

and ye have not obeyed my voice, 

saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:14-15

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14 Turn, 

O backsliding children, 

saith the Lord; 

for I am married unto you: 

and I will take you one of a city, 

and two of a family, 

and I will bring you to Zion:

15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, 

which shall feed you 

with knowledge and understanding.

Jeremiah 3:22

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22 Return, 

ye backsliding children, 

and I will heal your backslidings. 

Behold, 

we come unto thee; 

for thou art the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 4:1

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4 If thou wilt return, O Israel, 

saith the Lord, 

return unto me: 

and if thou wilt put away thine abominations 

out of my sight, 

then shalt thou not remove.

Jeremiah 15:19-21

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19 Therefore thus saith the Lord, 

If thou return, 

then will I bring thee again, 

and thou shalt stand before me: 

and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, 

thou shalt be as my mouth: 

let them return unto thee; 

but return not thou unto them.

20 And I will make thee unto this people

a fenced brasen wall: 

and they shall fight against thee, 

but they shall not prevail against thee: 

for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, 

saith the Lord.

21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, 

and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

Jeremiah 24:7

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7 And I will give them an heart to know me, 

that I am the Lord: 

and they shall be my people, 

and I will be their God: 

for they shall return unto me 

with their whole heart.

Lamentations 3:40

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40 Let us search and try our ways, 

and turn again to the Lord.

Ezekiel 18:30-32

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30 Therefore I will judge you, 

O house of Israel, 

every one according to his ways, 

saith the Lord God. 

Repent, 

and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; 

so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, 

whereby ye have transgressed; 

and make you a new heart and a new spirit: 

for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth,

 saith the Lord God: 

wherefore turn yourselves, 

and live ye.

Ezekiel 33:11

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11 Say unto them, 

As I live, saith the Lord God, 

I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; 

but that the wicked turn from his way and live: 

turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; 

for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Hosea 6:1

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6 Come, 

and let us return unto the Lord: 

for he hath torn, and he will heal us; 

he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Hosea 12:6

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6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: 

keep mercy and judgment 

and wait on thy God continually.

Hosea 14:1-2

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14 O israel, 

return unto the Lord thy God; 

for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

2 Take with you words, 

and turn to the Lord: 

say unto him, 

Take away all iniquity, 

and receive us graciously: 

so will we render the calves of our lips.

Joel 2:12

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12 Therefore also now, 

saith the Lord,

 turn ye even to me with all your heart, 

and with fasting, 

and with weeping, 

and with mourning:

Joel 2:13

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13 And rend your heart, 

and not your garments, 

and turn unto the Lord your God: 

for he is gracious and merciful, 

slow to anger, 

and of great kindness,

 and repenteth him of the evil.

Zechariah 1:3

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3 Therefore say thou unto them, 

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 

Turn ye unto me, 

saith the Lord of hosts, 

and I will turn unto you, 

saith the Lord of hosts.

Zechariah 1:4

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4 Be ye not as your fathers, 

unto whom the former prophets have cried,

saying, 

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 

Turn ye now from your evil ways, 

and from your evil doings: 

but they did not hear, 

nor hearken unto me, 

saith the Lord.

Malachi 3:6-7

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6 For I am the Lord, 

I change not; 

therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7 Even from the days of your fathers 

ye are gone away from mine ordinances, 

and have not kept them. 

Return unto me, 

and I will return unto you, 

saith the Lord of hosts. 

But ye said, 

Wherein shall we return?

Mark 1:15

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15 And saying, 

The time is fulfilled, 

and the kingdom of God is at hand: 

repent ye, 

and believe the gospel.

Acts 16:30-31

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30 And brought them out, 

and said, 

Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

31 And they said, 

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 

and thou shalt be saved, 

and thy house.

Man is a fool, thinking he can have peace without GOD.

How he has set aside GOD so!

GOD is peace.

Peace is GOD.

ALL come from GOD.

EVERYTHING belongs to GOD.

He has power over everything.

The prophets knew it.

For GOD spoke through them.

And how man tried to stifle that clean, clear, powerful voice.

Thus, the world is the way it is.

If you want peace now, then turn to GOD now.

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REPENTANCE

FUTURE of SAINTS

 

Who are the saints?

What future have they got?

First, let's get something right --

It's not the world who decides who becomes a saint.

Only GOD decides.

The Bible tells us more:

Psalm 37:28

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28 For the Lord loveth judgment, 

and forsaketh not his saints; 

they are preserved for ever: 

but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 116:15

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15 Precious in the sight of the Lord 

is the death of his saints.

Daniel 7:18

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18 But the saints of the most High 

shall take the kingdom, 

and possess the kingdom for ever, 

even for ever and ever.

Daniel 7:21-22

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21 I beheld, 

and the same horn made war with the saints, 

and prevailed against them;

22 Until the Ancient of days came, 

and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; 

and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

Daniel 7:25-27

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25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, 

and shall wear out the saints of the most High, 

and think to change times and laws: 

and they shall be given into his hand 

until a time and times and the dividing of time.

26 But the judgment shall sit, 

and they shall take away his dominion,

 to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

27 And the kingdom and dominion, 

and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, 

shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, 

whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 

and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

Zechariah 14:5

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5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; 

for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: 

yea, ye shall flee, 

like as ye fled from before the earthquake 

in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: 

and the Lord my God shall come, 

and all the saints with thee.

Matthew 5:5

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5 Blessed are the meek: 

for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:8

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8 Blessed are the pure in heart: 

for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:10

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10 Blessed are they 

which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: 

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 27:50-53

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50 Jesus, 

when he had cried again with a loud voice, 

yielded up the ghost.

51 And, behold, 

the veil of the temple was rent in twain 

from the top to the bottom; 

and the earth did quake, 

and the rocks rent;

52 And the graves were opened; 

and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, 

and went into the holy city, 

and appeared unto many.

Romans 8:27

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27 And he that searcheth the hearts 

knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, 

because he maketh intercession for the saints 

according to the will of God.

1 Corinthians 1:2

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2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, 

to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, 

called to be saints, 

with all that in every place 

call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, 

both their's and our's:

Ephesians 4:7

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7 But unto every one of us is given grace 

according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Ephesians 4:10-12

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10 He that descended is the same also 

that ascended up far above all heavens, 

that he might fill all things.)

11 And he gave some, apostles; 

and some, prophets; 

and some, evangelists; 

and some, pastors and teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, 

for the work of the ministry, 

for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Revelation 5:8

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8 And when he had taken the book, 

the four beasts and four and twenty elders 

fell down before the Lamb, 

having every one of them harps, 

and golden vials full of odours, 

which are the prayers of saints.

Revelation 8:3

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3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, 

having a golden censer; 

and there was given unto him much incense, 

that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints 

upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

Revelation 8:4

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4 And the smoke of the incense, 

which came with the prayers of the saints, 

ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

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What does the Bible say about the future of children?

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It is heartening to know these things:

2 Samuel 12:22-23

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22 And he said, 

While the child was yet alive, 

I fasted and wept: 

for I said, 

Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, 

that the child may live?

23 But now he is dead, 

wherefore should I fast? 

can I bring him back again? 

I shall go to him,

but he shall not return to me.

Psalm 8:2

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2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings 

hast thou ordained strength 

because of thine enemies, 

that thou mightest still the enemy 

and the avenger.

Psalm 127:3

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3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: 

and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Psalm 139:16-18

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16 Thine eyes did see my substance, 

yet being unperfect; 

and in thy book all my members were written, 

which in continuance were fashioned, 

when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, 

O God! 

how great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, 

they are more in number than the sand: 

when I awake, I am still with thee.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

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5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, 

nor how the bones do grow 

in the womb of her that is with child: 

even so thou knowest not the works of God 

who maketh all.

Jeremiah 1:5

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5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; 

and before thou camest forth out of the womb 

I sanctified thee, 

and I ordained thee a prophet 

unto the nations.

Matthew 5:5

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5 Blessed are the meek: 

for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:8

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8 Blessed are the pure in heart: 

for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:10

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10 Blessed are they 

which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: 

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:4-5

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4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself 

as this little child, 

the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 And whoso shall receive 

one such little child in my name 

receiveth me.

Matthew 18:10

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10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; 

for I say unto you, 

That in heaven their angels do always behold 

the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 21:16

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16 And said unto him, 

Hearest thou what these say?

 And Jesus saith unto them, 

Yea; have ye never read, 

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings 

thou hast perfected praise?

Mark 10:13-14

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13 And they brought young children to him, 

that he should touch them: 

and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

14 But when Jesus saw it, 

he was much displeased, 

and said unto them, 

Suffer the little children to come unto me, 

and forbid them not: 

for of such is the kingdom of God.

Mark 10:15-16

King James Version

15 Verily I say unto you, 

Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God 

as a little child, 

he shall not enter therein.

16 And he took them up in his arms, 

put his hands upon them, 

and blessed them.

Luke 18:15-17

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15 And they brought unto him also infants, 

that he would touch them: 

but when his disciples saw it, 

they rebuked them.

16 But Jesus called them unto him, 

and said, 

Suffer little children to come unto me, 

and forbid them not: 

for of such is the kingdom of God.

17 Verily I say unto you, 

Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God 

as a little child 

shall in no wise enter therein.

Ephesians 2:10

King James Version

10 For we are his workmanship, 

created in Christ Jesus unto good works, 

which God hath before ordained 

that we should walk in them.

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