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My commentary found three instructions in this section to
follow if we are to experience blessings
in the worst times – when we are persecuted.
Cultivate Christian
Love
“An eye for an eye” was the basis for justice. “We must operate on the basis of mercy, for that is the way God
deals with us. We must deliberately
decide to love life … We can decide
to endure life and make it a burden,
escape life as though we are funning
from a battle, or enjoy life because
we know God is in control … A good day for the believer who loves life is not one in which he is
pampered and sheltered, but one in which he experiences God’s help and blessing
because of life’s problems and trials.”
Practice The Lordship
Of Christ
“The fear of the Lord conquers
every other fear … Only we can
harm ourselves if we fail to trust God
… to sanctify Christ as Lord in our hearts means to turn everything over to Him, and to live only to please Him and glorify Him. It means to
fear displeasing Him rather than fear what men might do… It means being
satisfied with nothing less than the
will of God.”
Maintain A Good
Conscience
“A good conscience gives us peace in our hearts … and
removes from us the fear of what other people may know about us, say against
us, or do to us. When Christ is Lord and
we fear only God, we need not fear the threats, opinions, or actions of our
enemies … To maintain a good conscience, we must deal with sin in our lives and
confess it immediately … We must also spend time in the Word of God and let in the light … The secret is to practice the lordship of Jesus
Christ. If we fear God, we need not fear men.
Shame arises from the fear of men. Conscience, from the fear of God.”
Father, keep my conscience active and alive. Don’t let sin sear it to the point that it
fails to alert me when I’m doing wrong.
Help me to always fear You
more than men.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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