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Friday, May 09, 2008
There are certain laws built into the fabric of the universe...gravity...the speed of light...and the laws of sowing and reaping. You cannot avoid gravity, and you cannot change the speed of light. Neither can you buck the system that says "what you reap, you sow." God uses this principle to teach His children to not sin, and sometimes the lessons are hard. If you find it tough to stop sinning, stay with us.
Series: After You've Blown It
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In this age of instant gratification, it is tough to have to wait months for your flowers to grow up before they can bloom. Farmers understand this. They sow seeds in the spring and reap crops in the fall. In the same way, we may sin and not see immediate consequences. But be certain, the consequences will come just as surely as the corn gets eight feet tall.
Series: After You've Blown It
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Most of us are creatures of habit. It is easy to fall back into old patterns of sin, even after we have sought God's forgiveness. Often we get tripped up in the race of life by returning to the detours of past behavior. Some of us are quite sure that there is no way to break out of the cycle of sin, forgiveness, restoration, and back to sin. Today: we begin to find that way out.
Series: After You've Blown It
The Old Testament gives us vivid word pictures of where forgiven sin ends up. Those images give us sinners real hope. We can run the race of life in freedom once we understand that, as far as God is concerned, our sins have been buried in the depths of the sea. So, if God has pronounced us clean, who are we to hang on to bitter memories? Today: where God puts forgiven sins.
Series: After You've Blown It
The Bible teaches that when God forgives our sins, He "remembers them no more." How can this be, since God knows everything? After great spiritual failures, we say with King David, "My sin is ever before me." So how can it not be before God? The answer lies in the concept of "covering." Today: hope for all who fear their sins on earth will never be forgotten in heaven.
Series: After You've Blown It
When we are faced with the long-term consequences of our sins, it can be hard to believe that God has really forgiven them. Many who struggle with guilt find it returning to haunt them even after they have sought forgiveness from God. We need to realize that God will help us deal with sin's consequences once we reckon ourselves clean in His sight through Christ.
Series: After You've Blown It
Whether you know it or not, you have a mortal enemy. Satan is the great accuser, always making sure you feel guilty. He tries to do this even after we have sought God's forgiveness for our sins. Remember: he was a liar yesterday, he is a liar today and he will be lying all the way to the Lake of Fire. Today: we will learn how to deal with the devil.
Series: After You've Blown It
Maybe you have embezzled funds, had an affair, abandoned your family, or even gotten away with committing a serious felony. Even though you have not been caught by the law, you have been caught by your own guilt. Life is closing in on you...no peace…no happiness...no future hope. Today: the key to freedom from guilt and forgiveness from the God who is able to bestow it as a gift.
Series: After You've Blown It
No matter how dirty the landscape, a covering of fresh snow always makes the ugly beautiful. That is how God handles sin. We who run life's race beset by guilt need to know that God has provided a covering for our sins: some "fresh snow" for the dirt of our past lives. Today: an Old Testament story that shows how God can remove your guilt, and pronounce you clean.
Series: After You've Blown It
Many people carry a paralyzing burden of guilt for past sins. What is worse, they see no way out of their predicaments. These people do not run in the race of life, they plod at best. Beset by the crushing load of self-blame, they face each new day with yesterday's emotional baggage. Today: you will hear God's way out of bearing guilt for the rest of your life.
Series: After You've Blown It
Some Christians never commit those really big sins. They just harbor resentment in their hearts when others are forgiven. The story of the prodigal son is also the story of the unforgiving brother. Most of us are one or the other, and all of us are in need of God's grace: His unmerited favor. Today: coming home after being in the far country, and, coming home after having never left.
Series: After You've Blown It
When we sin greatly, many of us flee from God, thinking there is no way we can ever get back into the Father's good graces. We run our races of life on tough terrain, finding out that sin takes us where we really do not want to go. When we get weary enough, some of us make the crucial choice to return to the Father, no matter what. Today: the journey home begins.
Series: After You've Blown It
What do you do when your secret life is a secret no longer? What do you do when your well-managed cover story is shattered? As we run the race of life, let us not forget that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. Repairing the damage of sin means re-establishing contact with God, and rebuilding relationships with those we have hurt. There is a way to come home.
Series: After You've Blown It
Most people go about their everyday lives with no regard for the eternity they will face as either sheep or goats. When Jesus spoke of coming judgment in Matthew chapter 25, He made it clear that there are only two destinies for any of us. Today: some concluding thoughts about the future, and why today is the day to believe on the Christ who can save us from its terrors.
Series: God And The Nations
Jesus once spoke of a coming judgment of the nations, a judgment that is designed to separate the sheep from the goats. It is found in Matthew chapter 25, and this judgment is based on how well the hungry and needy were treated while on earth. Today: we will try to understand what this prediction means in the light of the rest of the New Testament.
Series: God And The Nations
On our plane of existence things sure are a mess...terrorism, wars, nuclear threats, the Middle East in turmoil. Aren't you glad there is Someone in charge who lives on another plane of existence? God has not left the nations to their own devices. An Unseen Hand is guiding the forces of history toward His conclusion. And, through Bible prophecy, we can understand the last chapter of the story.
Series: God And The Nations
An Alabama courthouse...a granite monument engraved with the Ten Commandments...and a judge who believed they should stay there. The struggle over the public viewing of God's law to man led to Chief Justice Roy Moore being ousted from office: evidence that God is being systematically excluded from public life. Today: more about the judgment of God on America.
Series: God And The Nations
Somewhere, somehow, we got the idea that God's only desire for America is to bless her, no matter what her people do. We need to get real. God judges nations when they violate His commands. He judged His own nation Israel by using the armies of nearby pagan nations against it. Today: more details about God's purposes among the nations, and why we should not assume that if "you are OK, I am OK."
Series: God And The Nations
Somehow, many of us have the idea that God owes us His favor. After all, we are Americans, the defenders of democracy. As we run the race of life, let us ask ourselves if God owes us anything. After examining the evidence, we might have to conclude that what He owes us is His judgment. Today: we will consider what God thinks of the US of A.
Series: God And The Nations
The blessings of God are not constitutional rights. They are bestowed on people and nations that follows God's commands. God's judgment on nations takes many forms: natural disasters, the deprivation of personal freedoms, wars, and deafened ears toward God. Today: a look at two final forms of judgment that are very evident in America today.
Series: God And The Nations
When our children disobey, we as parents have many creative ways of punishing them to try to prevent future disobedience. And when God judges a nation, He also has many ways of doing it. As events seem to be careening out of control around us, let us take a moment to review the means God may use in judging even our nation in the days ahead.
Series: God And The Nations
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