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Is God a Legalist?
July 23rd, 2010 | 
Author: Read James 1, Psalm 107
Is God a Legalist?
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
“Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD.” Psalm 107:43 NLT John 10:10, 11
Where does anyone get the idea that God is a kill joy? Nothing could be further from the truth. Rather than rob us of joy and pleasure, God’s moral code is designed to lead us to know joy to the fullest.
In the area of sexuality, university studies show that people who live out their sexuality God’s way report 39% higher sexual enjoyment, far fewer divorces, and far fewer problems with adultery, disease, and guilt.
When it comes to enjoying life to its fullest, Jesus reminds us that He is the way, the truth, and the life. Financial wealth has no real value apart from a close personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus said, “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God” (Luke 12:21 NLT).
If we parents, being evil, try to protect our children by setting limits for them, how much more does our Heavenly Father protect us by providing us with a moral code designed to help us live life to the fullest God’s way.
God blesses us when we are meek, humble, and pure in heart, when we thirst after righteousness, and when we are peacemakers.
Would a kill joy come to earth as a man, live a perfect life, and suffer the torments of hell in order that we might escape the torments of hell?
Father, thank you for loving me enough to not only die for me but to show me how to live life to the fullest in Your peace and joy. Amen. In Jesus’ name, Amen
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Don’t Lose Your Claim Check
Read 1 Peter 1, Psalm 107
Don’t Lose Your Claim Check
“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God?” Job 19:5-26 NLT
When we carry our claim check in our heart we can be sure that a glad welcome awaits our eternal home in heaven which Christ has gone ahead to prepare for all of His redeemed. Read the rest of this entry »
Who Can Fill Your Every Longing?
Read Ephesians 3:8-20, Psalm 107
Who Can Fill Your Every Longing?
“For whoever finds me finds life and wins approval from the LORD.” Proverbs 8:35
Every child born of woman is born with needs and longings. We need the basics of food and water to sustain our lives. We need shelter from the elements and provision for our physical and emotional needs.
Beyond the needs, God has placed a longing for Him in the heart of every person. Primitive cultures have expressed this longing for God in every imaginable way. They have worshipped the sun, the moon, nature, animals, and every type of idol in trying to satisfy this inbred longing for God.
All of these longings for God seem to have been manifested by trying to appease God through sacrificial rituals or making graven images to worship.
In today’s supposedly advanced civilization and enlightened culture this longing for God seems to manifest itself in trying to satisfy this longing for significance and security by worshipping idols of power, applause, possessions, and pleasure with often disastrous results.
We do not have the excuse of the sun and moon worshippers who had no revelation of the Word to guide them.
God has plainly spoken through the prophets and through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ that Jesus is the only one who can fill the longing of our hearts for real significance and security.
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He has come to fill that inborn longing for God with unquenchable joy and peace that surpasses all human understanding. There is no fullness apart from a right relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ.
Father, fill me with Your Spirit that my heart’s longing might be satisfied in You. In Jesus’ name, Amen
Don’t Lose Your Claim Check [1 Peter 1, Psalm 107]
Read 1 Peter 1, Psalm 107
Don’t Lose Your Claim Check
“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God” Job 19:25-26 NLT
When we carry our claim check in our heart we can be sure that a glad welcome awaits our eternal home in heaven which Christ has gone ahead to prepare for all of His redeemed. Read the rest of this entry »
