12.31- Are we strong or weak?
12.31
You are strong.
You have been weak, but today you are strong in God's strength.
Matthew 5.3
3 “You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.
The Message
Colin O'brady crossing Anartica said he finished by telling himself that he was strong.
The truth is that human beings can be awful.
Malachi 3.
5 “Yes, I’m on my way to visit you with Judgment. I’ll present compelling evidence against sorcerers, adulterers, liars, those who exploit workers, those who take advantage of widows and orphans, those who are inhospitable to the homeless—anyone and everyone who doesn’t honor me.” A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
Titus 1.
10-16 For there are a lot of rebels out there, full of loose, confusing, and deceiving talk. Those who were brought up religious and ought to know better are the worst. They’ve got to be shut up. They’re disrupting entire families with their teaching, and all for the sake of a fast buck. One of their own prophets said it best:
You are strong.
You have been weak, but today you are strong in God's strength.
Matthew 5.3
3 “You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.
The Message
Colin O'brady crossing Anartica said he finished by telling himself that he was strong.
The truth is that human beings can be awful.
Malachi 3.
5 “Yes, I’m on my way to visit you with Judgment. I’ll present compelling evidence against sorcerers, adulterers, liars, those who exploit workers, those who take advantage of widows and orphans, those who are inhospitable to the homeless—anyone and everyone who doesn’t honor me.” A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
Titus 1.
10-16 For there are a lot of rebels out there, full of loose, confusing, and deceiving talk. Those who were brought up religious and ought to know better are the worst. They’ve got to be shut up. They’re disrupting entire families with their teaching, and all for the sake of a fast buck. One of their own prophets said it best:
The Cretans are liars from the womb,
barking dogs, lazy bellies.
barking dogs, lazy bellies.
He
certainly spoke the truth. Get on them right away. Stop that diseased
talk of Jewish make-believe and made-up rules so they can recover a
robust faith. Everything is clean to the clean-minded; nothing is clean
to dirty-minded unbelievers. They leave their dirty fingerprints on
every thought and act. They say they know God, but their actions speak
louder than their words. They’re real creeps, disobedient
good-for-nothings.
The Psalmist and the Apostle Paul wrote that all men are sinners.
Romans 3.
9-20 So
where does that put us? Do we Jews get a better break than the others?
Not really. Basically, all of us, whether insiders or outsiders, start
out in identical conditions, which is to say that we all start out as
sinners. Scripture leaves no doubt about it:
There’s nobody living right, not even one,
nobody who knows the score, nobody alert for God.
They’ve all taken the wrong turn;
they’ve all wandered down blind alleys.
No one’s living right;
I can’t find a single one.
Their throats are gaping graves,
their tongues slick as mudslides.
Every word they speak is tinged with poison.
They open their mouths and pollute the air.
They race for the honor of sinner-of-the-year,
litter the land with heartbreak and ruin,
Don’t know the first thing about living with others.
They never give God the time of day.
nobody who knows the score, nobody alert for God.
They’ve all taken the wrong turn;
they’ve all wandered down blind alleys.
No one’s living right;
I can’t find a single one.
Their throats are gaping graves,
their tongues slick as mudslides.
Every word they speak is tinged with poison.
They open their mouths and pollute the air.
They race for the honor of sinner-of-the-year,
litter the land with heartbreak and ruin,
Don’t know the first thing about living with others.
They never give God the time of day.
These verses remind the sincere person what people can be awful. The reality is with God's Amazing Grace we can have a fresh start daily with the ability of God in His unfailing love to forgive and forget the sins of His children if we are willing to honestly admit our situation and cry out to Him for help. Turn to Him and we get cleansing and refeshment.
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