V3-20 Who Is God Against?
Walking Talking Bible Project
What does it mean to be brokenhearted and contrite in spirit? What would the opposite be? Why is God against those who do evil, and why would He wipe out all memory of them from the earth? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: Psalm 34:18
Psalm 34:18
18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Connection Passage #1: Psalm 34:16
Psalm 34:16
16 But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
Connection Passage #2 Isaiah 57:15
Isaiah 57:15
15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Connection Passage #3: Matthew 10:14–15
Matthew 10:14–15
14 And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).