How God Really Views Us as His Children, Part 1 (TMF:2109)

Thursday, June 08, 2023
Peace to Live By: How God Really Views Us as His Children, Part 1 (TMF:2109) - Daniel Litton
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       The next verse says, “Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"? But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” God wants us to be helping ourselves; that is why he gets upset and jealous when we aren’t doing what is good for us. Moses noted God saying this in Exodus 20. There he recorded in discussing people worshipping false idols instead of God: “You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God” (Exodus 20:5, ESV). You see, when we have made a commitment to God, he wants us to be his and wants what is best for us. To understand this, we can just place ourselves in God’s shoes, or try to. Suppose for a second your son or daughter goes to a friends house for an evening and has a good time. Then the child comes home and says, “My friend’s dad was really nice. I wish you were like his dad.” What is going happen? You are going to feel jealous of the other guy, aren’t you?