Dear
Friends,
I hope
you had a good, safe weekend! The devot. for today is knowing The Truth as found
in Scripture and then walking in such a way that reflects what you have learned
from The
Bible. A lot of churches and preachers today will tell you want you want to
hear, what is politically or socially acceptable, even things that are not in
the Bible or have been
'tweaked' to be 'theologically correct' according to their human standards,
compared to telling
you what you need to hear, what the Bible says to be true, and that will
help you know what changes need to be made in order to live in a way that shows
Christ has taken up residence in your life.
2 Timothy
4:2-3 states, "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove
('to scold or correct usually gently or w/ kindly intent'), rebuke ('to
reprimand, strongly warn, restrain'), exhort (encourage) with all long suffering (patience) and doctrine (means 'teaching'). For the time will come when they (folks in this world) will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;"
(Reprove definition found on Merriam-Webster/dictionary.com/ Rebuke definition found on bibletoools.com)
I know
the truth can hurt sometimes, but just as an earthly parents has to show 'tough
love' to their child by telling them the truth, so our Heavenly Father has to
show
us tough
love so we can spiritually mature and live in a way that pleases and reflect
Him. Remember that devot. last week on spiritually growing?
I pray
that what I said makes sense. We should base every shred of what we hear or have
been told against God's Word and the Truth that has been stated by God Himself
in there.
Pray you have a
very blessed week! (3 links below)
Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/8132/ (Used with permission)
Scripture Link: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+3&version=KJV
Update on Crisis in Iraq and Israel: http://aclj.org/
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