Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Excuses people give for Salvation

I should do much work to be saved – Ephesians 2:9
not by works,  so that no one can boast.

Live righteously in my religion – Isaiah  64:6
All of us have become like one who is unclean,
 and all our righteous  acts are like filthy rags;
 we all shrivel up like a leaf,
 and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
It is not enough if I keep the whole law – James 2:10
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles  at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

Proverbs 3:5-6

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

What do you use for your life's compass? No matter how insightful, wise, experienced, or knowledgeable we may be, only God can guide our steps properly. God asks us to trust him and his wisdom even when we can't immediately see the rationale behind it.

He wants us to recognize his presence, guidance, and grace in all we do. As we trust and as we acknowledge his presence, we suddenly realize that our paths are a lot straighter and our destinations are a lot a closer.

Questions in Genesis

20:10
And Abimelek asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”

21:7
And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

21:17
God heard the boy crying,  and the angel of God  called to Hagar from heaven  and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid;  God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

[Message No: 6924]

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