I think that the devotion in Kenneth E. Hagin's Faith Food for today has such very good advice for us in dealing with the ideas and attitudes of the world! Here is a portion, but I would encourage you to read it all!
Jesus is the Living Word. And God has given us the written Word to unveil the Living Word to us.
Give the Word of God - primarily the New Testament - first place in your life. By doing so, you are putting Jesus first!
Let the Word of God govern your life. Let this Word be the Lord of your life. Let the Word dominate you. By doing so, you are really allowing Jesus to lord it over you, because Jesus and His Word are One.
We are living in an age when we need to get serious about spiritual matters, and we need to learn what the Bible has to say about love, life, home, marriage, and children.
Let the Word of God be your guide in life. When you do, you are making Jesus the Lord of your life. Then His written Word becomes the Lord of your life.
The world has some very different ideas of what God thinks about THEIR issues! HE has never changed! He HATES sin, but LOVES the sinner! He loves all people so much that He GAVE His only Son to pay the price for sin, so that even though we continue to sin, that sin CANNOT keep us from Heaven when we leave this earth IF we have received Jesus of Nazareth as Lord and personal Saviour! According to God's Word:
- Abortion is murder!
- Homosexuality is an abomination!
- Discipline of children is needful!
- Marriage is between a man and a woman!
Sin, which is a selfish decision to do things your own way instead of God's way, will NOT keep you from Heaven if Jesus is your Lord, but it WILL cause you to have trouble here in this life because sin brings death! James 1:14-15:
14 But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions). 15 Then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death. AMP
The answer for sin AFTER we are born again is found in 1 John 1:9:
9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action]. AMP
Make God's Word your standard and you can't go wrong! here is the confession of faith from today's Faith Food:
Shalom in Him!
