“While he [Zedekiah] was convicted of the truth as spoken by Jeremiah, he did not possess the moral stamina to obey his counsel, but advanced steadily in the wrong direction.” Testimonies, vol. 4, 184 E.G.W.
Q: What is written of Zedekiah’s behavior?
A: ... but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:13
“It is not safe for us to close our eyes and harden our conscience so that we shall not see or realize our sins.
We need to cherish the instruction we have had in regard to the hateful character of sin, in order that we may truly confess and forsake our sins. ‘If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.’ [I John 1:9.]
Are you willing to be cleansed from all unrighteousness? Is it your purpose to press forward? but not in your own human strength, toward the mark for the prize of our high calling in Christ Jesus?” The Youth’s Instructor, July 5, 1894 E.G.W."
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A: ... but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:13
“It is not safe for us to close our eyes and harden our conscience so that we shall not see or realize our sins.
We need to cherish the instruction we have had in regard to the hateful character of sin, in order that we may truly confess and forsake our sins. ‘If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.’ [I John 1:9.]
Are you willing to be cleansed from all unrighteousness? Is it your purpose to press forward? but not in your own human strength, toward the mark for the prize of our high calling in Christ Jesus?” The Youth’s Instructor, July 5, 1894 E.G.W."
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