A God-opened fountain cleanses sin and impurity while a refining fire removes dross. Zechariah 13 ends with a remnant calling on the Lord and hearing Him answer.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
A God-opened fountain cleanses sin and impurity while a refining fire removes dross. Zechariah 13 ends with a remnant calling on the Lord and hearing Him answer.
Ezekiel 13 dismantles soothing lies that kept a wounded city from healing. God tears down the whitewashed wall, strips away manipulative devices, and saves His people from predatory hands so they will know Him and walk in truth.
Lamentations 2 shows the Lord as the main actor in Jerusalem’s fall and calls survivors to night-watch prayer. It exposes false comfort and redirects worship toward obedience and truth.
With a wooden yoke on his neck, Jeremiah tells kings and priests that life lies in submitting to God’s declared plan. The Lord will keep his promises, guarding even temple vessels “until the day I come for them,” and will restore in his time.
Jeremiah 23 pronounces woe on corrupt shepherds and promises a righteous King whose wise rule brings safety. It exposes false prophecy and calls communities to love the fiery, faithful word that gathers and heals God’s flock.
Under a sky that will not open, Jeremiah leads Judah to confess sin, reject false peace, and appeal to God’s name. The Lord refuses empty ritual yet invites tears and hope that rests in him, the only one who sends rain.
Wealth and earlier reforms could not shield Jehoshaphat from the pressures of alliance. Four hundred promised victory, but one faithful word exposed the truth. Mercy met a king who cried out, and justice reached the king who despised the Lord’s voice.
Deuteronomy 18 ties priestly provision, the ban on occult practices, and God’s promise of a prophet like Moses into one call to listen to the Lord. In Christ the promise reaches its climax, and by the Spirit the Church learns to test every voice and walk blamelessly.
Deuteronomy 13 faces false prophets, intimate enticements, and apostate towns with a single demand: love and hold fast to the Lord. Truth, not wonders, governs worship, and obedience protects the community so mercy and promise can flourish.
Jesus maps the age as birth pains and calls for endurance, mission, and watchfulness. Matthew 24 lifts our eyes from rumors and rubble to the Son of Man who will appear openly and gather his people with a trumpet.
Matthew 7 closes the Sermon on the Mount with relational humility, confident prayer, and decisive choices. Jesus tests professions by fruit and calls us to build on his words like rock.
John binds discernment to love: confess the real Jesus, receive the apostolic witness, and let God’s love mature into fearless assurance. From that center, believers love one another because He first loved us.
Jesus warns His followers to be vigilant against false prophets who disguise themselves as godly but seek to deceive. By testing teachings against Scripture and examining the fruit of a person’s life, believers can discern truth from error and remain steadfast in the faith.
The story of Elymas the Sorcerer highlights the spiritual opposition that accompanies the spread of the gospel. His resistance to Paul and Barnabas reminds us of the reality of spiritual warfare and God’s sovereign power to overcome all deception and falsehood.