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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