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Gideon, God's Mighty Man of Valour · stempublishing.com

He first of all shows them their sin, as He did when they could not take Ai. There the secret of their impoverishment is found out. 'You are crying unto me now,' (He in effect says,) 'because you feel your impoverishment; but the real cause of your impoverishment is this, you have sinned against me.' They had none to blame but themselves. So with the churches in the Apocalypse. And, therefore, the word to them, "Repent."