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One Barrier to Belief

Posted in Faith, Repent, tagged on March 25, 2011| 1 Comment »

For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. – Matthew 21:2

Why could the publicans and harlots believe but the religious could not?

One little word – repentance.

To repent literally means to turn around, at least in mind and heart.  The non-religious saw their need and were glad for the relief Jesus offered.  The religious thought they were already holy and needed no change.

Their own self-righteousness became their biggest barrier to belief.

Don’t make that same mistake.

– fritz

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Two Words Change Everything

Posted in Abraham, Assurance, Faith, Trust, tagged on March 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife. – Genesis 20:3

A powerful king took Abraham’s wife, Sarah, to be his. Out of fear Sarah and Abraham had pretended to be siblings and now that a king was involved they were in a pickle!1

Then came two little words, “But God…”

We get ourselves into situations that look really bad – sometimes it’s our fault sometimes not. That’s when we need to remember, “But God…”, pray, trust, and obey.

How many “But God…” incidents can you recall. He’s got plenty more!

-fritz
1) Phrase: “In a pickle“

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Following Faith – Step 5 (Time)

Posted in Endurance, Faith, tagged , on March 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.” – Hebrews 11:13

There is one final step to following faith – time!

Faith followers of the past did not all receive during their earthly journey what they were wanting, neither did they all receive immediately.  Sure, by faith Abraham received his son, Daniel didn’t get eaten by the lions, and incredibly small armies defeated incredibly large enemies, but the Bible also points to others who received their reward later.

Some children never come to Christ while their parents are alive, yet those parents hold on in faith because of a longer view of life than their breathing.

God is for eternity, our life is for eternity, faith is for eternity.

Be willing to take that last step, the step of time.

– fritz

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