Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
March 14, 1994
Good Morning!
IF INTIMACY WITH CHRIST SEEMS A DISTANT REALITY, there may
be a couple of possibilities as to why:
(1) You do not have God's word in your heart
(2) You are not obeying the word
of God.
"He who has My commandments and keeps
them, he it is who loves Me; and he who loves Me shall
be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will disclose
Myself to him." (John 14:21)
God calls us to simple, unequivocal obedience of His word.
Often, however in our ignorance or rebellion we:
Don't know what the Word of God says:
God to Adam: "...from the tree...you shall not
eat, for in the day that you eat from it
you shall surly die." (Genesis 2:17)
Eve to Satan: "...God has said, 'You shall not
eat from it or touch it..." (Genesis 3:3) Eve,
after adding to God's word soon succumbs to Satan's
seduction.
Challenge the authority of the Word of God:
"And the serpent said (to Eve)...'You surely shall not
die! For God knows that in the day you eat from it (the tree)
your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good
and evil.' " (Genesis 3:4, 5)
Water down the Word of God:
"...Many peddle (and) ...adulterate the word of
God..." (II Corinthians 2:17;3:2)
Twist the Word of God:
"The untaught and unstable distort (the word of God) ...to their own destruction."
(II Peter 3:16)
The intimacy with Christ we long for is based on a childlike
understanding and response to the word of God.
Do we have the courage, faith and will to seek out, discover
and obey the word in this manner?
Have a great week!
Dwight Hill
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