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The leadership and the people of Israel consistently violated the covenant through specific actions and attitudes. The following list identifies the grievances found in 2 Chronicles 36 and the corresponding biblical application for the church today.

Grievance: The kings did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Application: Leaders must maintain personal holiness and prioritize the commands of God over political or personal expediency.

Grievance: Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.

Application: Believers must maintain a tender and responsive heart toward the Holy Spirit, practicing immediate repentance when confronted with sin.

Grievance: All the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed greatly, following all the abominations of the nations.

Application: The church must remain sanctified and set apart, refusing to adopt the moral standards, philosophies, or idols of the surrounding secular culture.

Grievance: They polluted the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

Application: The body of Christ must uphold the sanctity of the church and the purity of the individual believer as the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Grievance: God sent warnings to them by his messengers because he had compassion on his people, but they mocked the messengers of God.

Application: The congregation should receive the preaching of the Word with humility and gratitude, recognizing the discipline of God as an act of divine mercy.

Grievance: They despised the words of the prophets and scoffed at his prophets.

Application: The church must hold the scriptures in the highest esteem, treating the proclamation of truth with reverence rather than indifference or contempt.

Grievance: They persisted in their rebellion until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, till there was no remedy.

Application: The church must exercise proactive faithfulness and spiritual vigilance, seeking reconciliation with God while it is called today to avoid the consequences of prolonged disobedience.
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Christ's death on a cross paid the debt we owe God for our sins (Colossians 2:14). The proof is God raised Him from the dead (Romans 1:4).

This means God can now remain right, while forgiving our sins (Romans 3:26) and delivering us from His coming wrath (1 Thessalonians 1:10). It's a free gift for those who believe in Christ (Romans 6:23).

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