The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: sins this evil, to ask us a king.
SA1 12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all
this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve
the LORD with all your heart;
SA1 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain
things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
SA1 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's
sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
SA1 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the
LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the
right way:
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