" We are going to find out how to become real Christians. But first, I need an answer from every one of you: Why do we hate God? The reason I say this is because the Bible says that if we love God we will obey his commands, so the opposite must be true: if we don't obey God then we don't love Him. So I need an answer from you: Why do we hate God? Why don't we follow his commands?" (Arden Moseley)
I want to insure we are honoring God with this blog so I prefer the statement I choose not to obey God because.... Your answers will help me in directing our discussions in chapel.
I believe Arden's point is valid and incredibly challenging to each of us. You are each loved by God!!! Shine like stars of the universe for Him this weekend.
Mrs. Angie
Done. Tonight I read from Genesis, Psalms, Proverbs, and Esther.
ReplyDeleteWhere there is God's will, there should be PASSION!!!
ReplyDeleteAs I have been reading in Isaiah and in Jeremiah, the Lord has developed in me a righteous anger towards the stupidity and foolishness of our country, and even more specifically, our religion called “Christianity.” Throughout many chapters of those two books the LORD gives us his thoughts on the supposed “holy nation” of Israel, his beloved children. Well for those of you who don’t know, most of the time when the topic of Israel is brought up in the Word, it is referring firstly to the nation of Israel before Jesus came to the earth, but also in my opinion Christianity today. The country of Israel was known for its foolishness towards God, how it followed Him and worshipped Him at one time, and in the next time traded him for something worthless and earthly. And every time they committed these horrible sins against the LORD, they would always come back to Him on their faces in repentance asking for His love and His power again. How frustrated He must have been! When I think about it in simple terms, how much anger I would have if I had a son who first loved me and obeyed everything I told him to do, but then the next day turned against me and did everything he could to make me seem unimportant. This must have been just a portion of the emotion God had against his chosen people. But anyways, what stood out to me was how angry and intense my God was toward them! I had been given such a clear picture of the fury and wrath of God, just a glimpse through the Word. The question that came to mind was: How many followers of Christ think of God in this way? How many times do we picture the LORD as a perfect picture of peace, love, respect, etc.? Not that these things are not of the LORD, but there are SO many other aspects that I think we tend to leave out of the picture! And I don’t think that we leave those aspects out of the picture on accident. I think we all know how powerful God is and how just He is, and how angry the LORD could get, but nobody would even dare to mess with Him in that way, if it was in his control. The point I am trying to make is, as a follower of Christ, it is our duty to have a righteous anger and fury against the things that are not of the LORD, against the things that make the LORD angry. I cannot let people push me around with what they believe, with the wrong things they do, and just let these things go! It has never been said that it is wrong to have PASSION! Passion SHOULD be the foundation of our faith in The LORD, His Son, and His Holy Spirit! How much passion do you have for what you believe? And after you answer that question for yourself, is that answer the answer God wants for your life? Or is that the answer that you have always been comfortable with, and has never caused you to do more than the bare minimum in your walk of faith? I have been asking myself these questions daily, so that my passion for the LORD and my declaration of dependence on Him will continue to lead out my life stronger and greater than they have ever been before!
Great post Adam;)
ReplyDeleteI believe as we are passionate about our Savior we are naturally offended by the things that dishonor Him. How do we develop that Passion? And stay passionate? This seemed to be the issue with the Israelite children. They would have moments of passion and reverence for God, but it was fleeting. We must guard our passion and feed that passion otherwise it becomes fleeting. Our attitude towards our own sin and the sin of others is telling.... are we offended for the Savior, do we pray for Truth to prevail? Or, are we indifferent? That will be an indicator of our passion for Christ.
My post have not gone through.. aparently i just checked and im missing mine from Friday and Saturday night :( So on friday i was reading from Proverbs. And on Saturday i read from Isaih :D Sorri about that :(
ReplyDeleteTonight i read my favorite bible story :) Out of Genesis :D THANK GOD for encouraging stories :D
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I did it!!!
ReplyDeleteTonight I read in the book of Luke!!!
Shine like a star!!! Shine bright!!!
- Bianca
Why do bad things happen to us? Why do good things happen to us? I think the majority of us ask the first question quite often, but the second one not so much. And the answer to the first usually is, "It's God's will" or "God is in control" or "I can't tell you why God let's bad things happen". Either way, it makes God seem like a bully that can do whatever we want and we still have to love and obey him. But what about the second question? When asked, usually people say they don't know, but they probably don't deserve it. So it sounds to me like we're stuck in between: bad things shouldn't happen to us, but we don't deserve good things. What's the deal? I was asking myself the same questions. Recently, my life feels like it's been fluctuating between good moments and bad moments. And I hate it. I'd obviously want good things to happen more, but it feels like every time something good happens it just gets crushed. I think a lot of you would agree with me. Tonight my studies continued in Romans 6. This chapter is all about slavery. That's right, slavery. The question is: slaves of what? See, we can either be slaves of righteousness or slaves of sin. All of us would obviously choose the first one, if it was only that simple. I think we are all slaves to sin, and we don't know it. When I hear the question, "Why do bad things happen?" The answer that pops immediately into my head is: "Why aren't you doing anything about it?" I think the problem is ourselves. We have let ourselves to become slaves to sin, us and the entire world. And if we are slaves to sin, that means we must do sin's work, which usually means bad things. The problem is, Satan doesn't want us to know that we're his slaves. He wants us to think that we're good Christians and doing God's work, when we're really doing his work. That's why bad things happen. Because we cause it to happen. And we aren't doing anything to stop it. In this chapter, the thing that stuck out to me most was the fact that Paul didn't just say that we are free from sin; he also said that we are SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS. Although it is righteousness, we are still slaves. If you're a slave, and yet you're not doing your masters work and doing whatever you want, then you're not a slave at all. "So what does that mean, that freedom means slavery?" Yes, yes it does. "But doesn't the Bible say we are free?" Yes, yes it does. See, that's the point Paul's trying to make in this chapter. Christ has given us the freedom to chose what we want: free from sin. But if we love God, then we will choose to be his slaves happily. We are free to be slaves. So what does this mean? This means that exactly what you're thinking: we need to be slaves to righteousness. We need to do the work of God every single day. Yes, it is hard work, but God gives us strength and hope to do it. And in the end, we will be rewarded. But if you're not doing hard work for Christ and sacrificing, you're not a slave to righteousness. And if you're not a slave to righteousness, you're a slave to Satan.
ReplyDeleteread revelations, one of my favorite books
ReplyDeleteRead Psalms it is my favorite book :)
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