“Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more. For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. For...
"For My name's sake I will defer My anger, And [for] My praise I will restrain it from you, So that I do not cut you off. Isaiah 48:9
Today's verse is a sober one, God held numerous things against Israel. They invoked the name of God but didn't walk in righteousness (Isaiah 48:1). God knew them...