Opposite Day Anyone?
Typically we read the Bible for the Truths that are written.
Typically we read the Bible for the Truths that are written.
"God is love." I John 4:16
Pretty straight forward, right?
Have you ever considered the opposite of that verse?
Jewelry is love.
Front row baseball tickets for Father's Day is love.
Our cluttered and busy lives muddy the clear waters of God's intended Truths.
If God tells us "give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." I Thessalonians 5:18 then that is the Truth!
The
opposite is NOT the Truth: give thanks only in some circumstances, you
know, the circumstances that are safe and easy and those that go your
way!
Try looking at the opposite perspective of a few verses to see God's Truths, God's point of view, more clearly!
2 Timothy 1:7 "God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and a sound mind."Try looking at the opposite perspective of a few verses to see God's Truths, God's point of view, more clearly!
If God has not given us fear, then the enemy or the world has.
God has given us power and love and a sound mind. The latest miracle cream/tip/app most certainly hasn't!
As I sit at my computer and look at Trey's sweet smile in his school picture I thank God for His absolute 100% Truth of John 3:16,
As I sit at my computer and look at Trey's sweet smile in his school picture I thank God for His absolute 100% Truth of John 3:16,
"For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son, that
whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."
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