Why I Believe What I Believe
Day 148
Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:
How is it that the world seems to know enough about what God
has done to give Him reverence? This knowledge is not enough to get them
to repent and turn to Him but they know enough to appeal to God for mercy.
1Samuel 6:1-6 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of
the Philistines seven months.
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners,
saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall
send it to his place.
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel,
send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye
shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from
you.
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering
which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five
golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines:
for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images
of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel:
peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and
from off your land.
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians
and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them,
did they not let the people go, and they departed?
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.
Knowledge is not enough when it comes to truly being
free. Being in Christ and turning away from the worldly things that would
entangle us again is the key. The world turns over new leafs but never
seem to get the true victory. Being religious in church is never
enough. You will have just enough knowledge to make yourself dangerous.
2Peter 2:18-22 For when they speak great swelling words
of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much
wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the
servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he
brought in bondage.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world
through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the
beginning.
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of
righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered unto them.
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb,
The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to
her wallowing in the mire.
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