Romans 13:10 Love does no wrong to anyone, so love satisfies all of God’s requirements. Love. It pretty much sums up the entire Bible and all of Christianity in one word. Not that Christ followers are always very good at loving others. Clearly that’s not true or we wouldn’t have a somewhat tarnished reputation (tele-evangelists…
Tag Archive: forgiveness
Forgiveness
Matthew 6:15 But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. I have more questions. (Doesn’t it seem like I have more of those than answers?!) Anyway, it says (Jesus says) that if I don’t forgive others then God won’t forgive me. Does that mean every tiny little offense, even…
But I Want To Do Good!
Romans 7:19 When I want to do good, I don’t. And when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway. This sounds like Paul was having one of those days where no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t do it right. I can’t imagine how difficult it must have been to…
The Thing That Holds Us Back
Matthew 9:10-13 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” When Jesus heard that,…
He Himself
Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemies! For though I fall, I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD himself will be my light. This verse is so full of hope! There’s sorrow, too. Micah doesn’t say,”if” I fall; he says “though”. Failure is inevitable because we are sinful. Darkness…
God, Justice & Mercy
Ezekial 18:21-23 But if the wicked people turn away from all their sins and begin to obey my laws and do what is just and right, they will surely live and not die. All their past sins will be forgotten and they will live because of the righteous things they have done. Do you think,…
Punishment
Jeremiah 30:11b But I must discipline you; I cannot let you go unpunished. As a parent, I can understand this verse like I never could before. Now I know what it’s like to have your child do something that cannot go unpunished. For example, if Gavin were to hit Kainoah, I’d have to punish Gavin. …
Forgiveness and Stinky Diapers
Psalm 103:12 He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. At church on Sunday we watched Perry Noble speak on God is Here. It was awesome! He is hilarious! Among the points that he made was one that’s stuck with me this week. With the new school…
Food Poisoning and the Fear of the Lord
Jeremiah 10:23-24 I know, Lord, that a person’s life is not his own. No one is able to plan his own course. So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die. Ok, I know you’re thinking, what does food poisoning have to do with anything? Nothing,…
Job, His Friends, and When
Job 42: 19When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before! When he prayed for his friends his fortunes were restored. I think that’s kind of interesting. God told the friends that Job would pray for them and that God would accept…
