+# 2021-04-19

+

+>Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

+Proverbs 12:14

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+Heartsickness is a common experience among humans. Why do we desire things we can't have? Why do we seek fulfillment where it can't be gained?

+We put our hope in people: people are fickle. We put our hope it stuff: stuff wears. We put our hope in wealth, but even money cannot fulfil all our desires.

+

+> Faith is being sure of what we hope for, being certain of what we do not see.

+Hebrews 11

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+Have faith in God! He will be faithful to complete your sanctification, you saint.

+

+Orthopathy: right affections. God, help me to love you with my whole heart.

+

+# 2021-04-20

+

+Read Luke 20

+

+> [the people] are convinced that John was a prophet.

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+> Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

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+They knew he was claiming to be the son of God, and claiming to be this rejected stone, which would crush them.

+Everyone knew John was a prophet.

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+The people recognized John as a prophet. He looked like a prophet, and spoke like a prophet.

+

+> Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,

+Matthew 3:8

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+The *Samaritan* woman in John 4 knew *Jesus* was a prophet, because he told her "everything [she] ever did". Even a Samaritan could recognize a prophet with her own eyes.

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+Jesus said to them "This vineyard is not yours!" You will be destroyed, and it given to others. How much do we put our faith in ourselves? How often do your hear prophecy and think "that message isn't for me, it's for someone else."

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+Hear God's voice of warning, and be God's voice of warning! Even the offspring of vipers needs to be warned about the coming wrath.