Why I Believe What I Believe
Day 8
Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:
God keeps His promises in spite of what man does and how
life seems to play out each day as unspiritual. God keeps His promises
including being longsuffering so people will come to repentance.
Genesis 8:21-22
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not
again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's
heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every
thing living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and
harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not
cease.
2 Peter 3:3-9
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking
after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for
since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the
beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by
the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the
water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed
with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the
same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years
as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance.
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.
There are people I will continue to witness to in spite of
their continued rejection. God gave compassion to Noah and all generations
since then. God is not slack. So, I will continue to witness.
Why do you, or do you not witness?
Why do you do what you do? In your personal relationship
with Christ or in your public worship in the church, you need to know why you
do what you do. If you were to define your Christian life, how would you do it?
Would you define it by what you do or by stating what you believe? In the
Bible, James shows that you must do both.
James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O
vain man, that faith without works is dead?
To define the faith side I would like to show that our faith
is in the absolute truths of God’s Word. For the discussion, we will use the
term “principle” for what we believe by faith - the absolute truths of God’s
Word. We will use the term “practical” to define what we do - our works. This
year, I am planning a daily blog to address the absolute truths in God’s Word
and ways we can work to apply those truths. Our day needs to be filled with
Biblical principles and practical actions that do not violate these principles.
What I have found over a number of years of ministry is that people do not know
why they do what they do, neither do they know why they believe what they
believe. I hope this exercise will help provoke thought.
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