TODAY'S PROMISE

 

“The LORD is good,

a strong refuge when 

trouble comes.

He is close to those 

who trust in him.”

(Nahum 1:7 NLT)

DEATH OF WICKED PEOPLE

 

We  often take delight in the death of an evil person,

tyrant, dictator, killer etc.  We think they deserve it.

The world is better of without them, and it is.

But God doesn't.

"As surely as I live, says the Sovereign

LORD, I take no pleasure in the death

of wicked people.  I only want them to turn

from their wicked ways so they can live.

Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O

people of Israel!.  Why should you die."

(Ezekiel 33:11 NLT)

It is difficult for me to understand the love

that God has even for the wicked people.

But He died for all of us.  He wants even 

them to simply turn from their wicked ways

to him so He can forgive them.

There is a false doctrine called limited Atonement.

It would teach us that Christ only died for the 

people who are being saved.  But what do the 

Scriptures say about it?

"For this is how God loved the world:

He gave his one and only Son, so that

every who believes in him will not 

parish but have eternal life."

(John 3:16 NLT)

"He died for everyone ..."

(2 Corinthians 5:15 NLT)

"He gave his life to purchase freedom

for everyone."

(1 Timothy 2:6 NLT)

"Yes, by God's grace, Jesus tasted

death for everyone."

(Hebrews 2:9 NLT)

"The Lord isn't really being slow about his

promise, as some people think.  No, he is 

being patient for your sake.  He does not 

want anyone to be destroyed, but wants

everyone to repent."

(2 Peter 3:9 NLT)

"He himself is the sacrifice that atones

for our sins - and not only our sins but

the sins of all the world."

(1 John 2:2 NLT)

God's every effort is to get EVERY ONE 

to turn from their evil ways to Him.  So,

is it any wonder that if they continue to 

ignore God and His love for them He has

to send them to the Devil's hell when they

die?

TODAY'S QUOTE

 

HOW TO BE REVIVED

 

Those of you who follow the social media

like Facebook etc. know that the trend is to 

try encouraging each other.  You know,

"Try harder", "Hang on a little longer",

"You can do it" and so on.

Face it.  We are frail human beings.  We have

our limitations.  We can only do so much.  God

made us that way so we would have to turn to

him.

God told us how to get revived.

"The high and lofty one who lives

in eternity,

the Holy One, says this:

I live in the high and holy place

with those whose spirits are

contrite and humble.

I restore the crushed spirit of the

humble and revive the courage

of those with repentant hearts."

(Isaiah 57:15 NLT)

TODAY'S PROMISE

 

"The LORD is good to those who depend

 on him, to those who search for him.

So it is good to wait quietly 

for salvation from the LORD."

(Lamentations 3:25,26 NLT)

BIG WORDS

BIG WORDS

No,

I am not talking about you.  I do not know you.

I do not even know where you live.

But I watch what goes on around me.  And

it just happens that I know a person who just

a short time back received a diploma from some

school or other.  Now this diploma is in the area

I have been involved in for about sixty years.

No, I am not an expert in this area, but certainly

not ignorant about it.

After this person received their diploma a 

complete change came over their vocabulary. 

The multitude of big words and new concepts

that are now the norm for this person even

leave me looking them up.

Perhaps the thing that particularly disturbs me

is that the very people this person is trying to 

reach out to have no concept of what all this

jargon means.

O.K. lets admit it.  

I see pride as the destructive element in this.

My guess is that the pride here will actually 

drive people away from the message.  Yes,

there are people who like the verbiage, but they

are not the people this person is trying to reach.

My daughter suggested this Scripture 

regarding knowledge:

"Now concerning things offered to idols:

We know that we all have knowledge.

Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies."

(1 Corinthians 8:1 NKJV)

Here is just a couple of quotes that I ran across

this after noon while relaxing.

 

TODAY'S QUOTE

“Most of us were working class people - …

- not intellectuals with a vast fund of  human

learning that had to be unlearned before we

Could become co-workers with God.”

- A.C. Valdez -