ROMANS 3:22-23
"We are made RIGHT WITH GOD by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. This is true for everyone who believes, no matter who they are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard."
Have you ever sinned in your life? How about today? If we expect to be saved by keeping the Law of God, get ready for the fall. Everyone has sinned and all of us come short of the perfection and glory of God. Since we should be able to agree that we are not perfect, then how can we be saved from death and separation from God? You have to get RIGHT WITH GOD! You can only do this by placing your faith in Jesus Christ!
God has shown us the way to be made right with Him without having to keep the requirements of the Law. God told us about this in His Word and by the prophets. God has always understood that we fall short of His glory. It is with undeserved kindness that He declares that we are righteous through Jesus Christ. God frees us from the penalty of our sin. When God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for our sin, we were made RIGHT WITH GOD!
Do you have a personal trust and confidence in Jesus Christ, believing that He will bring you righteousness? All who have this trust, confidence and belief will be saved. You will be made right with God. It does not matter who you are, for we have all sinned. You may think that you have done things that can never be forgiven. You would be wrong. Everyone who believes in Jesus Christ can be saved. You just have to do the right thing, believe in Jesus. Get right with God!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
CONTROL YOUR TEMPER!
PROVERBS 19:11
"Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs."
Do you have a temper? Do you ever get loud and argue with others? Have you ever said some things that you regret and wish you could take back? If you say no, perhaps we should discuss the sin of lying. In fact when we think we have been or are being wronged by others we have a tendency to become defensive and to strike out in anger. We need to know that a man's wisdom gives him patience, and it is to his glory that he overlooks any offense by others!
We should learn discretion and become slow to anger toward anyone. If you overlook the transgressions of others it will be to your glory and it will save you embarrassment and the need to apologize for your actions. It is good sense that makes a man restrain his anger and it pleases God when we overlook the transgressions and offenses of others. Can you become sensible and learn to control your temper? If you do, you will earn the respect of others and God.
Now the important aspect of the truth for today is that you take this advice and put it into work in your life today. You control your thoughts and actions and only you can be wise enough to understand and then put into action this Godly advice. The next time you feel yourself about to go off on some one else with anger, stop and control it this one time. Then when you see the wisdom of overlooking their offense and the peace that it assures you will want to repeat the experience. A soft answer will turn away wrath, the angry answer leads to unhappiness. CONTROL YOUR TEMPER!
"Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs."
Do you have a temper? Do you ever get loud and argue with others? Have you ever said some things that you regret and wish you could take back? If you say no, perhaps we should discuss the sin of lying. In fact when we think we have been or are being wronged by others we have a tendency to become defensive and to strike out in anger. We need to know that a man's wisdom gives him patience, and it is to his glory that he overlooks any offense by others!
We should learn discretion and become slow to anger toward anyone. If you overlook the transgressions of others it will be to your glory and it will save you embarrassment and the need to apologize for your actions. It is good sense that makes a man restrain his anger and it pleases God when we overlook the transgressions and offenses of others. Can you become sensible and learn to control your temper? If you do, you will earn the respect of others and God.
Now the important aspect of the truth for today is that you take this advice and put it into work in your life today. You control your thoughts and actions and only you can be wise enough to understand and then put into action this Godly advice. The next time you feel yourself about to go off on some one else with anger, stop and control it this one time. Then when you see the wisdom of overlooking their offense and the peace that it assures you will want to repeat the experience. A soft answer will turn away wrath, the angry answer leads to unhappiness. CONTROL YOUR TEMPER!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
OBEY THE LAW
ROMANS 2:13
"For merely listening to the law does not make us right with God. It is OBEYING THE LAW that makes us right in God's sight!
Be honest, do you always obey the law? What if everyone who felt like it, saw the stop signs in the road but did not stop at them. Chaos and accidents would be abundant. What if no one obeyed the speed laws and determined what the correct speed was for themselves? Chaos and many accidents would occur. What if instead of a fixed and known law, people could decide for themselves who to murder? I guess the fanatics of the world have answered that question. The point is that merely listening and knowing about the laws of man or God is not going to make us right in our actions or in His sight.
OBEY THE LAW, that is what makes us right with man and God! It is not when we hear or read about the law that we become righteous. It is when we obey the laws that we will be held guiltless and be acquitted and justified before man and God. We must be doers of the Word and Law, instead of just listeners or hearers. We will be judged and condemned by the Law and it will be whether we obey the laws that determines the outcome.
All have sinned, or broken the Laws of God and man. That is why it is important to know about the Good News of Jesus Christ. God's laws are written in every mans heart. That is the conscience that tells us right from wrong. Your conscience bears witness to your moral decisions and that little voice needs to be listened to. Many have learned to silence that conscience and they commit whatever acts they can think of. We dishonor God when we sin and the only way to be saved is to repent of our sins and ask the forgiveness of God. God will help us OBEY THE LAW.
"For merely listening to the law does not make us right with God. It is OBEYING THE LAW that makes us right in God's sight!
Be honest, do you always obey the law? What if everyone who felt like it, saw the stop signs in the road but did not stop at them. Chaos and accidents would be abundant. What if no one obeyed the speed laws and determined what the correct speed was for themselves? Chaos and many accidents would occur. What if instead of a fixed and known law, people could decide for themselves who to murder? I guess the fanatics of the world have answered that question. The point is that merely listening and knowing about the laws of man or God is not going to make us right in our actions or in His sight.
OBEY THE LAW, that is what makes us right with man and God! It is not when we hear or read about the law that we become righteous. It is when we obey the laws that we will be held guiltless and be acquitted and justified before man and God. We must be doers of the Word and Law, instead of just listeners or hearers. We will be judged and condemned by the Law and it will be whether we obey the laws that determines the outcome.
All have sinned, or broken the Laws of God and man. That is why it is important to know about the Good News of Jesus Christ. God's laws are written in every mans heart. That is the conscience that tells us right from wrong. Your conscience bears witness to your moral decisions and that little voice needs to be listened to. Many have learned to silence that conscience and they commit whatever acts they can think of. We dishonor God when we sin and the only way to be saved is to repent of our sins and ask the forgiveness of God. God will help us OBEY THE LAW.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
ROMANS 2:6
"God will judge everyone according to what they have done!
To those who have not been born again, are you stubborn? Do you refuse to turn from your sin?
You need to know that you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. There is a day of anger coming, when God's righteous judgement will be revealed to you personally. He will give eternal life to those who have accepted Him and repented of their sins, and who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. But He will pour out His anger and wrath on those who live for themselves and refuse to obey His truth! There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing evil.
Do you think you will escape the judgement? What if you are wrong? Perhaps you think that God is not Punitive and will forgive anything you have done. What if you have come to an unsound conclusion about God. God shows no partiality to one man over another. He is not unfair nor does He show undue favor to anyone. All who have sinned under the law will perish under the law. All will be judged and condemned by the law. That includes all of us.
We are as bad as the very people we condemn and we have no excuse at the time of judgement. God is wonderfully kind, tolerant and patient in His judgement if we turn from our sin. If you open the door of your heart to Jesus Christ and ask Him to come in an dwell with you, He will do so. You will need to repent of your sins and ask His forgiveness. Jesus will then become your advocate at the time of Judgement. Your sins will be forgiven and you will be entitled to eternal life because you belong to Jesus. When God asks, "what have you done", you will be able to tell of your love of the Lord and your repentance of sin and you will escape the anger of God
"God will judge everyone according to what they have done!
To those who have not been born again, are you stubborn? Do you refuse to turn from your sin?
You need to know that you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. There is a day of anger coming, when God's righteous judgement will be revealed to you personally. He will give eternal life to those who have accepted Him and repented of their sins, and who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. But He will pour out His anger and wrath on those who live for themselves and refuse to obey His truth! There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing evil.
Do you think you will escape the judgement? What if you are wrong? Perhaps you think that God is not Punitive and will forgive anything you have done. What if you have come to an unsound conclusion about God. God shows no partiality to one man over another. He is not unfair nor does He show undue favor to anyone. All who have sinned under the law will perish under the law. All will be judged and condemned by the law. That includes all of us.
We are as bad as the very people we condemn and we have no excuse at the time of judgement. God is wonderfully kind, tolerant and patient in His judgement if we turn from our sin. If you open the door of your heart to Jesus Christ and ask Him to come in an dwell with you, He will do so. You will need to repent of your sins and ask His forgiveness. Jesus will then become your advocate at the time of Judgement. Your sins will be forgiven and you will be entitled to eternal life because you belong to Jesus. When God asks, "what have you done", you will be able to tell of your love of the Lord and your repentance of sin and you will escape the anger of God
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
SHAMEFUL DESIRES!
ROMANS 1:26-27
"God abandoned them to their SHAMEFUL DESIRES. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men instead of having normal relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of their sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved."
Have you ever wondered what God thinks about women having sexual relations with women, or men having sexual relations with other men? Around the world today there is a major thrust by those who commit these sins to have those who have normal sexual relations think this is a normal and acceptable alternative life style. That is not what God says in His Word and regardless of how hard they try God will abandon them and turn them over to their vile affections and degrading passions. These sinful relationships are unnatural and abnormal.
By committing these shameful acts these men and women will suffer within their own bodies and their personalities will become deviant. There are inevitable consequences when you violate God's laws and Word. His penalty will be a fitting retribution to their wrong doing. They will become burned out and consumed as a result of their lust for one another. The major penalty for their actions is separation from God and judgement will be harsh and eternal and includes the second death.
These deviants will not see fit to acknowledge God or consider Him worthy of knowing. They will have a base mind that is not proper or wholesome, but instead indecent and loathsome. In fact the major goal of those who commit this deviant behavior is to disprove that there is a God or that they are indeed sinning. They will become slanderers and haters of God. They will be without understanding, conscienceless and faithless and merciless. Because they give hearty approval to others to do the same things, they deserve to die the second death as God abandons them. Everyone is responsible for their actions and will be judged accordingly. How just!
"God abandoned them to their SHAMEFUL DESIRES. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men instead of having normal relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of their sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved."
Have you ever wondered what God thinks about women having sexual relations with women, or men having sexual relations with other men? Around the world today there is a major thrust by those who commit these sins to have those who have normal sexual relations think this is a normal and acceptable alternative life style. That is not what God says in His Word and regardless of how hard they try God will abandon them and turn them over to their vile affections and degrading passions. These sinful relationships are unnatural and abnormal.
By committing these shameful acts these men and women will suffer within their own bodies and their personalities will become deviant. There are inevitable consequences when you violate God's laws and Word. His penalty will be a fitting retribution to their wrong doing. They will become burned out and consumed as a result of their lust for one another. The major penalty for their actions is separation from God and judgement will be harsh and eternal and includes the second death.
These deviants will not see fit to acknowledge God or consider Him worthy of knowing. They will have a base mind that is not proper or wholesome, but instead indecent and loathsome. In fact the major goal of those who commit this deviant behavior is to disprove that there is a God or that they are indeed sinning. They will become slanderers and haters of God. They will be without understanding, conscienceless and faithless and merciless. Because they give hearty approval to others to do the same things, they deserve to die the second death as God abandons them. Everyone is responsible for their actions and will be judged accordingly. How just!
Monday, July 14, 2008
NO EXCUSES!
ROMANS 1:20
"For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and the sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature. SO THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT KNOWING GOD!
If you do not know God, you really have no adequate excuse. Ever since the creation of the world, God's invisible nature, eternal power and divinity have been intelligible and clearly discernible. God is known through the things that He has made, His handiwork's. Look up at the sun, moon and stars and you are looking at the power of God that your eyes can not deny. That is why you have no excuse, defense or justification for not knowing God.
You have to close your eyes to the wonders of the universe and this world. You have to close your ears to the Word that has been made known to you in so many ways. You have to close your heart and mind in order to believe that there is no God. God is God and we are not. If you say today that there is no God the only thing that proves is that you are a fool. Do you really believe you can save yourself? Do you really believe that man can save you?
When the time comes to meet your God everything that you said and believe will be know to Him and then you will be judged by your own words and actions. You will be responsible for whatever judgement you receive. If you disrespect and disbelieve the God of the Universe then you will be alone at the time of judgement and you will have no savior who can save your life. Whats more you will have NO EXCUSES!
"For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and the sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature. SO THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT KNOWING GOD!
If you do not know God, you really have no adequate excuse. Ever since the creation of the world, God's invisible nature, eternal power and divinity have been intelligible and clearly discernible. God is known through the things that He has made, His handiwork's. Look up at the sun, moon and stars and you are looking at the power of God that your eyes can not deny. That is why you have no excuse, defense or justification for not knowing God.
You have to close your eyes to the wonders of the universe and this world. You have to close your ears to the Word that has been made known to you in so many ways. You have to close your heart and mind in order to believe that there is no God. God is God and we are not. If you say today that there is no God the only thing that proves is that you are a fool. Do you really believe you can save yourself? Do you really believe that man can save you?
When the time comes to meet your God everything that you said and believe will be know to Him and then you will be judged by your own words and actions. You will be responsible for whatever judgement you receive. If you disrespect and disbelieve the God of the Universe then you will be alone at the time of judgement and you will have no savior who can save your life. Whats more you will have NO EXCUSES!
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