Let none of you plan evil in his heart against his brother.'." Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.Īmerican King James Version ×– Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, "Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Execute true justice, show mercy and compassion everyone to his brother. Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
Zechariah 7:8-10 Zechariah 7:8-10 And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying, Let's turn back to the book of Zechariah in our Bibles, chapter 7, and we will begin in verse 8. I want us to begin today by taking a look at those prophecies to see exactly what God says and what we can learn from it. It's one reason, as we will see, for a coming national captivity. Many sins are listed, the major ones being idolatry, Sabbath breaking, crimes against humanity and yet, there is one category of sin that God repeats over and over in the scriptures, that whenever you see that God gives a list and He begins to talk about some of the sins of Israel, these are mentioned. You find that God indicts both ancient and modern Israel in the prophecies of the Bible for their national sins, or for our national sins. The sermon is going to be dealing with honor, respect that we should be showing and as I get into the sermon, you'll see what I mean. We know that Mother's Day is the day that honors our mothers.
I want to give a sermon today that ties in, in one sense, with Mother's Day.