Tuesday, February 27, 2018

All Men are Equal

Ezekiel 18:3-4

“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb  in Israel.   For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins  is the one who will die.

Ezekiel 18:25-28

“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’  Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust?  Is it not your ways that are unjust?   If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die.  

But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.    Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.

River of the Sanctuary

Zechariah 14:8-9

On that day living water  will flow  out from Jerusalem, half of it east  to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.

    The Lord will be king  over the whole earth.  On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.

Revelation 22:1-2

Then the angel showed me the river  of the water of life,  as clear as crystal,  flowing  from the throne of God and of the Lamb   down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life,  bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Jude 24-25

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy — to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. —

 Two things I trust implicitly: 1) God's power and might, and 2) my joy at getting to share in his presence. My best efforts will always fall short, but God's grace is greater and more glorious than my best efforts! The faultlessness that I have when I stand before him is based on his grace and mercy. How can I not praise him from a thankful heart and anticipate seeing him face to face in glory?

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