Biblical Principles Daily Devotionals Day 101

Why I Believe What I Believe

Day 101

Biblical principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

Blessing and cursing is simple: obedience or disobedience.

Deuteronomy 11:26-28, Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; ²⁷A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: ²⁸And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical principle:

What we yield to becomes our master.  What are you yielding to?

Romans 6:16-18, Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? ¹⁷But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. ¹⁸Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Biblical Principles Daily Devotionals Day 100

Why I Believe What I Believe

Day 100

Biblical principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

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. 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.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical principle:

What are you doing today to find the truths from God’s Word and applying them?

Biblical Principles Daily Devotionals Day 99

Why I Believe What I Believe

Day 99

Biblical principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

God is alone in who He is. All others, with any position in life, is subject to Him. He is not looking for any reward from anyone. Nevertheless, the Lord shows love for all, including the stranger, which we are to take as an example in life.

Deuteronomy 10:17-19, For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: ¹⁸He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. ¹⁹Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical principle:

Find a way to do the simplest thing for the least of those around you. Reward, whether now or eternal, will follow.

Mark 9:41-42, For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. ⁴²And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.