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who are humble—all who have tried to obey. Walk
humbly and do what is right; perhaps even yet the
Lord will protect you from his wrath in that day of
doom.
(Zephaniah 2:1-3 LB)

"Turn to Righteousness and Meekness." Humble
yourselves and turn to holy living. "Let all the wicked
forsake their ways . . ." while God's white flag is still
flying. Quit talking about a gusto for life and talk about
how to quit quenching the Holy Spirit. You must return
to righteousness, and it must exceed that of Pharisees.
God's mercy and sparing of judgment depend on three
great big ifs:
"If . . . my people shall humble themselves. . .
"If . . . ye seek me with all your heart. . .
"If . . . ye forsake your wickedness. . .

I thought, "Surely they will listen to me now—
surely they will heed my warnings, so that I'll not
need to strike again." But no; however much I
punish them, they continue all their evil ways from
dawn to dusk and dusk to dawn.
(Zephaniah 3:7 LB)
6. A Divine Foreboding
There is now in many true believer's heart a "divine
foreboding," an inner sense that God will send judg-
ment soon. If I had never heard a prophecy, if I were
not aware of all the signs of the times, if I knew nothing
of the historical record of judgments—I would still
know that Judgment is near because of this powerful
Holy Ghost "foreboding" in the depths of my soul. "We
have heard a rumour from the Lord . . ." (Obadiah
1 KJV).
Some people try to quench those inner warnings, but
they rob themselves of tremendous truth. The days are
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