TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN

TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

God loves.

John 3:16-17 (ESV)
For God So Loved the World
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Monday, October 9, 2023

Blaming God is foolish.

 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food." Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

Numbers 21:5-6 ESVST
 
Many people of Israel died. Some would blame God. Some would blame the leadership. Few took personal responsibility.
 
Some things never change. Many blame God, leadership, or someone else for their problems, but the problem is themselves. Personal responsibility is absent when excuses are abundant. Without personal responsibility, there is no possible way to fix whatever is broken.
 
The children of Israel had eclipsed the terrible conditions of Egypt with the discomforts of their present conditions. Focusing on the now eclipses the future. Thinking about self minimizes and blames others. What we focus on and think about is our choice, and there are consequences to those choices.
 
Throughout history, God has taken a bum rap, and those who insist on blaming Him and His ways will regret that decision.