Re:SAM..TUESDAYS DEVOTION :)

[Guest guest]

YA ALL MAY NOT WANT TO READ THIS, I'M NOT SAYING IT TO START A

DISCUSSION... YA ALL KNOW ME BETTER THAN THAT !!! I WOULD HAVE SENT IT

PRIVATE, BUT THINK A FEW OTHERS MAY LIKE IT !! 8^)

YA KNOW, SAM.... I'VE BEEN SAVED FOR 30 YEARS, HON, AND 1 THING I ALWAYS

WONDERED ABOUT WAS IN GENISIS WHERE IT SAYS... 'GOD MADE US IN THEIR

IMAGE' !!!! I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE 'THEIR' !!! WHO WERE 'THEY' ???!!!

WELL !! A FEW WEEKS AGO, I FINALLY GOT MY ANSWER !!! MY PASTOR

EXPLAIN... 'THEY' ARE THE TRINITY !!!!! IT NEVER HIT ME BEFORE !!!! THAT

GOD THE FATHER, SON & HOLY SPIRIT WERE ALL THERE AT THE BEGINNING !!!!

I'M STILL AMAZED THAT FOR ALL THOSE YEARS I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT LITTLE

BIT !!!!! THANKS AGAIN FOR THE DEVOTIONS, SWEETIE !! 8^)

FROM: 365 DAYS WITH

E STANLEY JONES

GOD WAS IN CHRIST

GOD WAS IN CHRIST,

RECONCILING THE WORLD UNTO

HIMSELF, NOT IMPUTING THEIR

TRESPASSES UNTO THEM.

____________2 CORINTHIANS 5:19 KJV

AN ITALIAN PAINTER HAS PAINTED THE NAILS GOING THROUGH THE HANDS OF

JESUS, THROUGH THE WOOD INTO THE HANDS OF GOD BACK IN THE SHADOWS. " GOD

WAS IN CHRIST " ---IN HIS SUFFERING, IN HIS BEARING " OUR SINS IN HIS OWN

BODY ON THE TREE " (1 PETER 2:24 KJV). HE ISN'T LAYING OUR SINS ON JESUS

TO APPEASE HIS OWN ANGER---HE TOOK IT ON HIMSELF.

IF THERE ISN'T A GOD LIKE THAT IN THE UNIVERSE, THERE OUGHT TO BE

ONE. WOULD THE HIGHEST IN HUMANS RISE HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST IN GOD? .

.. . HE WHO MADE LOVE, WILL HE NOT LOVE? HE WHO PUT THE IMPULSE TO

SACRIFICE THEMSELVES INTO THE SOULS OF THE HIGHEST HUMAN BEINGS, WILL HE

NOT SACRIFICE? WILL HUMAN BEINGS RISE HIGHER THAN THEIR MAKER?

THE CROSS LIGHTS UP THE NATURE OF GOD AS REDEMPTIVE LOVE.

O GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ARE NOW AT THE HEART OF THINGS. TAKE US

BY THE HAND AND TAKE US INTO THIS DIVINE MYSTERY---THIS OPEN SECRET OF

THE UNIVERSE. OPEN OUR MINDS, HEARTS, WILLS TO IT.

AFFIRMATION:

GOD HAS SHOWN ME THE WAY--- THAT WAY A CROSS. I WILL FOLLOW.

FOR FURTHER READING:

2 CORINTHIANS 5:16-21

1 PETER 2:21-25

ROMANS 5:1-11

GENTLEHUGS AND PRAYERS

SAM