Newton’s Law states that for every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. He also realized, after watching an apple fall from a tree possibly in the moonlight, that the same thing that made the apple fall held the moon in the sky! We accept those theories; even time travel has been provenand a society of people are taking your money to invest so that when you really do travel to the future you will have money to spend!
God’s Law states, Romans 6:23, that the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.But if we believed that I think some might be living a little differently. Matthew 7:12 “Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them. Add up God’s Law and Prophets and this is what you get” A lot of times I have embarrassing things I have done or said go through my mind and I get embarrassed all over again, so I am not likely to judge anyone else for anything, I figure their own shame will eventually catch up with them if they are guilty! Matthew 7:15-20 “Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don’t be impressed with charisma; look for character. Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned. This scripture tells us that there will be false preachers and that we should not look at their personality and believe them, but look at their works and the fruit of their work. One thing my dad always told us is there can never be a counterfeit if there is not a real, an original! Who would take a fake $20 if there were not real ones out there somewhere? We just can’t let anyone stand between God and us, if you do then they are closer to God than you are! King David, the Psalmist, although he was a murderer and an adulterer, loved God and when he was desperate for God to help him, he wrote Psalm 51:10 Don’t look too close for blemishes, give me a clean bill of health. God, make a fresh start in me. He asked for God’s mercies, and God never let him down! It was said that David was a “man after God’s own heart“! Lamentations 3:22-24 God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left.
On the positive side, there are over 3000 promises in God’s Word, the Bible. Jesus promised us that He would be with us even until the end of the world, He promised us eternal life; He promised that He would return to this earth and take us with Him to the Father, where we would live for eternity. If I believe the good promises, then I have to also believe that I need to live according to His Word, and in Him I am blessed!
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