Friday Reading: John 3:16
Key Verse: John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Devotion:
This is the first verse that I learned as a youngster and one that has stuck with me and encouraged me throughout my life. But it is also one that is used in many things which may not necessarily mean that people believe in Christ. I can remember having to learn this in church and I eventually did learn it because I had to – at that stage I did not realise just how much wonderful good news there was in such a verse. The key word here has got to be ‘believe’ because our faith is built on belief.
You may turn round and say that we should not believe in things like this because there is no proof. Well, they teach you in school that you have descended from monkeys but they still have no proof that that is true. In fact the more they dig into genetics the more they realise that gene codes are written for long term diversification and not for evolution. So belief is something that we have got to choose to do and we have to make that choice based on some facts otherwise we could just be being led down any path of destruction.
Mankind seems bent on destroying things, not because he feels like he should destroy things but because he does not want to give in a trust in someone else rather than himself. Each one of us seems to have that built in ability to break things or people just because we want our own way. Throughout history (and our bibles) we see generation after generation heading for various destructive conclusions because they have refused to believe the truth. God’s word has now been with us for thousands of years and it has remained so from when it was first written. The truth has been presented to us and we have to make our decision as to whether we believe that truth or we go our own way. I, for one, am glad that I have found the truth and that I can believe all of it. I believe that Jesus Christ died for me on that cross and for that I love Him!
Points to Ponder:
What do you believe?
How firm is your belief?
Key Verse: John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Devotion:
This is the first verse that I learned as a youngster and one that has stuck with me and encouraged me throughout my life. But it is also one that is used in many things which may not necessarily mean that people believe in Christ. I can remember having to learn this in church and I eventually did learn it because I had to – at that stage I did not realise just how much wonderful good news there was in such a verse. The key word here has got to be ‘believe’ because our faith is built on belief.
You may turn round and say that we should not believe in things like this because there is no proof. Well, they teach you in school that you have descended from monkeys but they still have no proof that that is true. In fact the more they dig into genetics the more they realise that gene codes are written for long term diversification and not for evolution. So belief is something that we have got to choose to do and we have to make that choice based on some facts otherwise we could just be being led down any path of destruction.
Mankind seems bent on destroying things, not because he feels like he should destroy things but because he does not want to give in a trust in someone else rather than himself. Each one of us seems to have that built in ability to break things or people just because we want our own way. Throughout history (and our bibles) we see generation after generation heading for various destructive conclusions because they have refused to believe the truth. God’s word has now been with us for thousands of years and it has remained so from when it was first written. The truth has been presented to us and we have to make our decision as to whether we believe that truth or we go our own way. I, for one, am glad that I have found the truth and that I can believe all of it. I believe that Jesus Christ died for me on that cross and for that I love Him!
Points to Ponder:
What do you believe?
How firm is your belief?