The wise in heart will receive commands,
but a prating fool will fall.
(Proverbs 10:8)
Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all sins.
(Proverbs 10:12)
He who keeps instruction is in the way of life,
but he who refuses correction goes astray.
(Proverbs 10:17)
My kids love to say, "Thats not fair!" I have thought the same when I think about the pain I've experienced due to other peoples sins. But we live in a fallen world where sin abounds and consequences are real and often times extremely painful not only for the ones committing the offense but also their family and friends.
Jesus taught us to be angry but do not sin. Why? Because He is our defense and one day we will all give an account before Him. Let Jesus be our example. You can trust Him! He knows the pain you've suffered and He wants You to share that with Him. Tell Him how You feel and leave the pain at His feet. He wants to take it from you and heal Your broken heart. Will you let Him?
There will be a punishment for sinners, for those who reject God's love. Shouldn't there be? We've suffered real pain and justice must be served. There is an eternal hereafter. We are eternal beings and our eternal destiny is in our own hands. Love isn't forceful, we have free will. Beleive what you will but make sure you've considered the eternal cost.
Love, suffers long with us. God is so patient as we mock Him and reject Him day after day after day. He freely gave His Son to die for sinners. His Son who knew no sin and was cherished by Him because He was perfect and Holy, would give up His life knowing that was the cost of loving us and saving us from our sin. Jesus Christ the Son of God, the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, came to live among us and be an example of Love to us through His death on the cross.
How is it that we can so flippantly reject His LOVE?
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 says, "But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them."
Satan is still deceiving the world. It started in the garden and it continues to this day. He whispers lies in our ears and says, "Did God really say that? He doesn't love you! If He did He would let you have what you want. If He really loved you, you wouldn't have experienced so much heartache in your life. You would have a blessed, happy, rich life with no pain or suffering, if God really loved you." And we fall prey to his lies just like Adam and Eve.
But God knew we would and He had a plan. He would reveal His love to us by accepting us as we are and making a way for us to be reconciled to Him by the perfect atonement, Jesus Christ! We need only cry out to God to save us from our sin and look to His finished work on the cross and turn from our own ways and begin to follow after Him.
I am so grateful for my life! It hasn't been an easy road but if it hadn't been for the trials of life I wouldn't know the blessings! How can anyone understand good things unless they have experienced evil?
Lord, we have all sinned and fall short of Your glory. Teach us that without Jesus Christ we are nothing. Infact, 1 Corinthians 13 says if we have not love we are nothing. Jesus is Your epistle written in blood, known and read by all men. There is no other name under heaven by which we can be saved. Jesus save us! Lord open our eyes and our ear to Your truth and help us recognize the lies of the enemy. Keep us under the shadow of Your wings. Let us not despise correction or Your commandments. Teach us to love Your law and cause us to know You more, by faith! We ask in the name of Jesus, amen!
The way of the Lord is strength for the upright,
but destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.
(Proverbs 10:29)
The righteous will never be removed,
but the wicked will not inhabit the earth.
(Proverbs 10:30)
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