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Wise or Foolish

 Matthew 7:24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:

More than any time in my life I see people who claim to be Christian, and I believe many are, who are either ignorant of what God has said, ignore what God has said or try to twist what God has said. I would think that by this time in human history we would realize, and admit, that we are not smarter than God. That when God tells us something He knows what He is talking about and even more so is that He didn’t waste His time in telling us for His benefit.  Everything and I mean everything in scripture is said for our benefit. 

I wonder if everyone would consider, if even for a moment, that everything God says to do or not do is because it is for our benefit? I have yet to find ANYTHING in scripture that if we do the opposite that it works out for our benefit. Going all the way back to the garden. God says don’t eat of 1 tree because it brings death and what does man do and how did that turn out? 

Every failure in my life I believe I can trace back to not doing what God said do or doing something God said not do. By the same token every success in my life I believe I can trace to doing what God said do or not doing what He said not to do. Obeying or not doesn’t change God but it does change us. It is our house that will either stand or fall not God’s. 

 

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