Prayer – Lord, give us wisdom and understanding that we would never be corrupt and have evil thoughts or actions. As You taught Your disciples…Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us today the food we need, and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us. And don't let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. Matthew 6:9-13
Only
fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and
their actions are evil; not one of them does good! Psalm 14:1
Do you consider gators evil?
Certainly dangerous--even fossilized ones.
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Who is like the evil one without God?
Meditate.
Consider good versus evil.
What do
you say about God in your heart?
Personally, I say there is a God…He
is my God, my Lord, my Savior. He is creator of the world…of the universe and everything
that is in it, but He did not create evil. As Einstein wrote, evil is the
absence of God. Full circle. Fools say there is no God…and thus their
actions maybe evil—without God. They cannot see that without God they only have
evil. Is it possible they think they are “good people” without God? For sure, there
are some people who boast about being “good” and not needing God, yet corruption
has overtaken them. David writes in this Psalm that not one of them does
good!
Jesus said that only God is good.
God is perfection…and we can only try to attain that which will happen one day in
heaven.
"Why do you call me
good?" Jesus asked. "Only God is truly good. " Mark 10:18
John
wrote about an individual who was making evil accusations and banning certain
people from church.
Dear friend, don't let this bad
example influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do
good prove that they are God's children, and those who do evil prove that they
do not know God. 3
John 1:11
Prove you
are God’s child—an adopted, loved one—by your actions. People will know you are
a disciple of Jesus as you follow His commandment to love. In His last teaching
session with His disciples, He told them to love others—just as He had repeatedly
taught earlier…love God, love others as you love yourself.
So now I am giving you a new
commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each
other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my
disciples." John
13:34-35
Do you
choose to love God and others?
Verse
of Salvation ~ And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His
promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish
love for others growing out of God's love for me], these three [the choicest
graces]; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 AMP
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