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Sunday, January 11, 2015

Biblical Principle Daily Devotionals Day 11



Why Do I Believe What I Believe


Day 11
Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:
When mankind unifies, has majority rules and man is left alone they end up doing things that they can imagine. Ideas sound good in the mind, but end up leading us away from God. When mankind is left to itself and unifies there is nothing but trouble that comes.

Genesis 11:4-6 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical Principle:
This section is for you to find a way to apply the truth in your life. I will try to give only one as example; there may be other practical ways. This is what makes the Christian walk so important and makes it important to have a deliberate purpose in everything we do.

1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

What we tend to imagine are things we know and see - worldly things. We move toward our fleshly desires. Our love needs to move away from ourselves and move toward God. The people at Babel were building a name for themselves; this way of thinking always leads to wrong doing.

Why do I do what I do? Am I looking for credit, a name, to be popular, to get what I imagine would be great to have?

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