When you discipline children for things they ought not to do, it can get a little exasperating. Why? Because they keep doing it. Why do we not just kick them out of the house and let them loose? Maybe some of you have threatened to do that. The bond of love is too strong. The people of Israel were no different. They continuously sinned against God. They would repent and sin again. Nehemiah 9:35, For they have not served You in their kingdom, Or in the many good things that You gave them, Or in the large and rich land which You set before them; Nor did they turn from their wicked works. God's reaction to all of this is truly amazing. He keeps taking them back. Generation after generation. The people in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra started to dig deep into God's Word. Nehemiah 9:3, And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for one-fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God. The Word...