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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Sunday, June 23, 2024
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Bribing God Bible Verse:Deuteronomy 10:17-21 (NLT) "For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed. He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing. So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. You must fear the Lord your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone. He alone is your God, the only one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done these mighty miracles that you have seen with your own eyes. " Message:
The concept of bribing God is so nonsensical that it is funny, when you stop to think about it. Of course, it happens all the time. People attempt to strike a bargain: “God, just get me out of this and I promise I will never sin again”. How many times and how many variations of this prayer have been said by all kinds and conditions of people?
But it is absurd. You can’t bribe God with promises of future good behavior. And moreover, such prayers are usually said to gain some kind of tangible reward, such as living through an ordeal, or not getting caught by the police or your parents or some other person who is going to punish you, or winning a game. These are not things God promises to any of us, saint or sinner.
Now, God did promise the Hebrews earthly benefits, if they would keep His law, but He knew they would fail! They did not keep the Law. The purpose of the Law was, in fact, to demonstrate to Israel the impossibility of righteousness without the sacrifice and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. We see this taught at great length by Paul, e.g. Romans 3:20: “For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.”
The only time such a prayer might work is if we are asking for God’s forgiveness, but it is not a bribe. It is good and right to promise God not to repeat sinful behavior, or at least to try, when you are praying for forgiveness; but God’s forgiveness is, in effect, free for the asking. All you have to do is believe in Him, love Him, and ask for mercy in the name of Christ; it is God’s grace that saves us from judgment, not our promises or even our past works.
Meditation : Prayer : May I go in peace, with God and with his other children, and may we love one another as Christ taught us. May I follow the example of good saints of old, and may God comfort and help me and all who believe in Him, both in this world and in the world which is to come............Amen |
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