Biblical Principles Daily Devotionals Day 9

Why Do I Believe What I Believe

Day 9

Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

Life is important to God. God wants mankind to understand how important life is to God buy putting consequences on those who take a life. God’s plan is for people to bring in more life with children and penalty to those who take it away.

Genesis 9:6-7 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

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.

Do you take a stand on what is known today as the pro-life issue? Bringing life into the world is important to God and taking that life brings judgment. The practical to the principle here requires me to take the same stance on life that God does. There are no exceptions to the importance of life.

Why do you take the stand that you take on the pro-life issue?

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.