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Lesson
62
Meet
Jesus: Even Ground
Matthew
5: 45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth
rain on the just and on the unjust.
The Father is
consistent in His world creation. The environment, the rules, the
principles, the laws, and whatever else are the same for good and
evil, just and unjust. What goes up comes down (gravity). What goes
down comes up (seedtime and harvest) . The wages of sin is death.
When it rains, everybody gets wet. There are certain principles
that affect us all. Acting like Him means being the same with those
around us whether we like them and their lifestyle or not. Sin does
not invalidate principles; it invokes them. Think about it.
ACT!
Is there someone you are treating rudely because they have a
lifestyle different than yours? Do you hold at arms length a homosexual
but not a gossiper? Think about it, and make sure you are like your
Father.
PRAY!
Consistent Father, You treat us all the same. You are the same yesterday,
today, and forever. The principles of life and death rule over me
as much as anyone who hates you. Thank you for offering that to
me when I was outside of Your family. Help me offer even ground
to others that they might see Your goodness and enter also alongside
me and Jesus.
copyright
2001, Rev. Philip A.Larson
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