promise
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to seperate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 839
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
-Wednesday, October 15, 2008
damn. i'm really longing to go overseas, stay in a comfortable hotel, and head down to an auditorium for a conference on god's love. 3-4 days just immersing and listening to how good he is. makes me feel damn good. probably the next hillsong conference i guess. ha.
Luke 4:8 - Jesus answered, "It is written: Woship the Lord your God and serve him only."
Jesus quoting this verse against against satan from Deuteronomy 6:13. for those of you who have bibles by zondervan like mine, the leather coer one, there's a reference after luke 4:8. andi ts deut 6:13.
Deut 6:13 - Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.
People are always saying, "oh we need to fear the Lord, there's space in the church for the FEARRRR of the lord." Would you like to know what Jesus defined fear as? he defined it as WORSHIP. of course there's space for the fear in the church. but fear as worship! not you being scared of Jesus, always scared that evertime you sin, when you go to heaven, a tape of your whole life will be shown in front of all heaven, and every sin you committed, God will throw a thunderbolt at you, or whatsoever means of torture. thats not the way God is! if he were like that, dang i wouldnt want to go to heaven man. i've sinned so many countless times, i'll be fried by his thunderbolt.
How can we love and worship someone whom we fear, or are scared of? doesnt make sense. if you hate spiders and cockroaches, would you go over and pat them, and play with them? of course not! lets use our brains that god gave us, dont let it go to waste.
Instead, let us live our lives in worship with a spirit of thanksgiving, that God gave his son, Christ, for us. That through Christ, we can stand boldly before God, not fearful, because we're perfect in God's eyes. For as God sees Jesus, so does he see you in this world. Holy, sinless, blameless, righteous. thats the way he sees us!
hope yuu guys have been blessed. (:
