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Who You Are and What You Do

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s sed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God (I John 3:9) Squirrels run through trees and eat nuts.  Eagles soar in the sky and hunt squirrels.  Otters play in rivers, and lions lie in grasslands.  Bats sleep during the day and fly at night, while spiders build webs and wait.  Squirrels do not act like eagles, and bats do not act like spiders.  Creatures behave in accord with what they are.  Their DNA affects how they live.  The spiritual…

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Questions for My Soul

Why do you think, O soul, that God must give you what you want?  Does the Almighty owe you?  Is He your slave that He should do your bidding?  Must the only Sovereign bow to the will of His servant?  Who is the King of kings and who is a mere man?  Who is exalted and who lives in the dust?  Does He who formed the stars answer to clay?  Or He who gives life bow to flesh? Should you, O soul, live in the fear of God, or should He live in the fear of you?  Do you govern…

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Eyes to See

We are more sinful than we think.  We deserve far worse than we think.  The Cross is God’s infinite mercy, but too often we don’t believe we need mercy. Until God opens the eyes of your heart to see the depths of your sin, the Cross will make no sense.  You need to see the justice of hell in order to fully see the mercy of God. We deserve eternal punishment but believe God owes us earthly happiness.  Our blindness in this respect drives our dissatisfaction.  We complain that we don’t have as if we somehow deserve to have.  The…

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The Biggest Sin

Lawrence (not his real name) showed up for class one morning.  We were more than a week into the fall semester, and I had never seen him before, though I knew his name from the class roster.  I asked to speak with him after class. “We’ve missed you?” I said.  “Have you been sick?’ No, he had not been sick.  He had simply been skipping.  Didn’t feel like coming. “Well, then.  Here are the assignments you have missed.” He promptly told me he would not do them and that he would not be coming to class.  School was not important….

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Jesus is for the World

“All authority is given me in heaven and earth.  Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations.” (Mt 28:18-19) Lord, I praise You that You love the nations and that I am a beneficiary of Your great love for the nations.  If You had not taken the initiative to save the entire world, I would be lost today.  Hallelujah! Jesus is for the world.  Sometimes we get so focused on what God is doing in our local circumstances that we forget that God is for the nations and not just for us.  Jonah forgot this, and God had to correct…

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