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Sin Leaves Scars…

Sin Leaves Scars…

 

Hebrews 6:1-6 KJV  Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,  (2)  Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.  (3)  And this will we do, if God permit…(4) For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,  (5)  And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,  (6)  If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

 

All of us have known or heard of people that were Christians that have decided to serve sin rather than God. When people reach a condition like that then it is totally up to them to decide to come back to God. We can try by saying and showing love for their souls but nothing we can do can make them return to God.

 

You know all of us have sinned and our sin is like a little girl who once had a bad temper. Her mother gave her a bag of nails and told her that every time she lost her temper, she had to hammer a nail into the back of the fence. By the end of the first day the girl had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as she learned to control her anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. It did not take her long to discover it was easier to hold her temper than to drive nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the girl didn't lose her temper at all. She told her mother about it and the mother suggested that the girl now pull out one nail for each day that she was able to hold her temper. The days passed and the young girl was finally able to tell her mother that all the nails were gone. The mother took her daughter by the hand and led her to the fence. She said, "You have done well, my daughter, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one." You can put a knife in a person and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say 'I'm sorry', the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. You and I wound God emotional when we sin.

 

Have you ever thought that our sin makes God cry? This thought changed my whole walk with God years ago. I realized that God because we are made in His image has the same emotions that you and I have. When someone does me wrong or betrays me it hurts my feelings and when we do something wrong it hurts God and His feelings.

 

In this story the girl sinned by losing her temper, and those fits of anger put holes in the fence and the scars in the fence will always be there. You and I put nails into the hands and feet of Jesus each time we sin against Him. We are truly blessed to have a Savior willing to suffer for us so we can be forgiven of those sins. Will you make Jesus your savior today? Yes or no…Jesus said… Mar 16:16 KJV  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned…Do you believe Jesus Christ died on the cross and raose from the dead…Yes or no? Will you be baptized to obey the Author of Salvation…Jesus Christ? Yes or no… Heb 5:8-9 KJV  Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;  9  And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

 

Father please heal our sin scars in ourselves and others…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

 

Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend

 



Sin Leaves Scars…

The world is a better place with you in it…

The world is a better place with you in it…

 

Mat 5:13-16 KJV  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.  14  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.  15  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.  16  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

 

1Ti 6:6-11 KJV  But godliness with contentment is great gain.  7  For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.  8  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.  9  But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.  10  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.  11  But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness (obedience).

 

Have you ever helped the needy…ever feed the hungry…ever gave clothes to someone else who needed them…ever give a drink of water to the thirsty…ever take in a stranger…ever pray for someone sick…visited those in prison…is the world a better place because you are in it and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ? Yes or no…

 

Mat 25:33-40 KJV  And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.  34  Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:  35  For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:  36  Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.  37  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?  38  When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?  39  Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?  40  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me…

 

Mar 12:29-31 KJV  And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:  30  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.  31  And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these…

 

The world is a better place with you in it…go be the salt that preserves the world by the saving influence of Jesus…go be the light shining in your neighborhood treating other like yourself…you are a blessing…Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive…show mercy…offer forgiveness…do right…it is always right to do right and it is always wrong to do wrong…

 

Mat 12:48-50 KJV  But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?  49  And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!  50  For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

 

Father please purify us and remove the seeds of the world so we can be true light and salt for You and Your Only Fathered Son Jesus…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

 

Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend

 



The world is a better place with you in it…go be the salt that preserves the world by the saving influence of Jesus…go be the light shining in your neighborhood treating other like yourself…you are a blessing…Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive…show mercy…offer forgiveness…do right…it is always right to do right and it is always wrong to do wrong…

Chicken or the Egg Science Verses Religious Answer...

Chicken or the Egg Science Verses Religious Answer...

 

Science says…

Which came first the chicken or the egg…How can you have an egg without a Chicken…a pregnant chicken produces an egg which hatches another chicken. Eggs which hatch into chickens are created from a male and female chicken…therefore an egg comes from a pregnant chicken…a female chicken…who has mated with a male chicken…thus producing the egg. Science has described the natural laws.

 

God says…

In the beginning when there was nothing…I created all the Universe and the life in it…because I am…

So God created all trees, birds, fish, whales,…etc. first by a miracle then set up a natural way for them to reproduce after their kind. He as it is written put the seed in itself with trees…so the first tree had a seed to reproduce another tree…God setup natural laws to sustain the life on earth He created first by a miracle and then allowed a natural law system for life on earth to continue and flourish.

 

To answer the question which came first the chicken or the egg…religiously…one would still say the Chicken because God had to create the first chicken…if there was truly nothing in the beginning…nothing meaning the absence of anything…then no chicken could have ever existed…something does not come from nothing…a chicken does not come from the absence of everything…if there was nothing then only nothing or the absence of existing would be…there is a Chicken…there is a natural order or nature law of reproduction…there are chicken eggs which hatch chickens…therefore I believe something created the first two chickens male and female…so that the egg which exists can be explained as to why a male and female chicken produce an egg hatching into their own kind.

 

As it is written…

Gen 1:1-5 KJV  In the beginning God (Self Existing Force of Creation) created the heaven and the earth.  2  And the earth was without form (nothing), and void (empty space); and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  3  And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.  4  And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.  5  And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

 

 

Gen 1:20-23 KJV  And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.  21  And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.  22  And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.  23  And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

 

God also created mankind…by making them male and female…

Gen 1:26-28 KJV  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.  27  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.  28  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

 

The Great I Am…God who is Self-Existing…Creator of All…Father of All please Father we are but children in diapers trying to learn our plan and purpose in life…please reveal the truth to us so we can fulfill our plan and purpose right…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend

 






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