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From Secrecy to Publicity

on Sep 16, 2012 in Bible Study, Featured

2 Samuel 7:14-15 NET When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings. But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. I think it’s great here that even though David and God (and later Solomon and God) have a supernatural relationship, God is going to use natural, human events to discipline Solomon. The things that nobody sees that Solomon will do against God, God will punish and correct in front of everyone to see. This sounds like a bad thing, but God is abundantly graceful, because He does this in discipline and in blessing. Matthew 6:6 NET But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. So God doesn’t just discipline publicly the sin that is in secret, He also answers the prayers in...