There was once a young man who is rebelling against his parents. When he lost his job and his girlfriend, he complained that God was being unfair. He didn’t think the Lord was being very loving or was giving him the help He promised in the Bible. What he didn’t realize was that Jesus promised a sense of His love and presence only to those who keep His commandments. In John 14 : 21-24, it says ……
21Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.
22Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” 23Jesus replied,” If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
24He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
For King Solomon in 1 Kings 3 : 1-15, he died young even though God promise to give him long life as he asked for because of he “didn’t fully follow the Lord”.
We are children of God by faith in His Son and He promised us that He’ll never leave or forsake me. We can turn to His promises to forgive when we confess our sins. In 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness”. So, …
“TAKE GOD’S PROMISES TO HEART, BUT NEVER TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED”
&
“HOLD ON TO GOD’S PROMISES, BUT DON’T TWIST THEM”
-TCK08-
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