Anger must not lead to sin.

 The anger comes, it's what we do with the anger once it hits us that matters.

Eph_4:26  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath

Do we use our anger to get revenge, retaliating against those who wrong us? No.

Mat 5:38  Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 

Mat 5:39  But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 

Mat 5:40  And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 

Mat 5:41  And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 

Mat 5:42  Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 

Our anger can be destructive if we use it to hurt anyone. Seriously, if our anger causes us to lash out physically or verbally wounding others we are sinning against them. So what are we to do with our anger?

Mar 3:1  And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 

Mar 3:2  And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 

Mar 3:3  And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. 

Mar 3:4  And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. 

Mar 3:5  And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. 

Mar 3:6  And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. 

Jesus looked around at those in the synagogue just waiting to accuse Him of breaking the sabbath.  Jesus grew angry because their hearts were hard. Those in charge in the synagogue didn't have any compassion on the deformed man, none. There was NO love in them, none! What did Jesus do with His anger? He healed the man, doing GOOD on the Sabbath, saving a life. He didn't let the anger He had for those tempting Him to sin, distorting the truth of the Sabbath to fit their needs, interfere with His doing good.

Did Jesus use His anger? He was angry but He didn't turn on the leaders of the synagogue and yell them, He didn't abuse them in any way.

Our anger often gets away from us and we use it to sin.  We sin against God, or our fellow man, or both and this is something Jesus would NEVER do.

We can get angry, we WILL get angry, but we can't allow that anger to lead us into sin- all by the GRACE and MERCY of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

Anger gone wrong.

The wrath of God.

Eph 4:26  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath

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Psa_78:31  The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

Joh_3:36  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Rom_1:18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness

Eph_5:6  Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Col_3:6  For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience

Rev_14:10  The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb

Rev_14:19  And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

Rev_15:1  And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

Rev_15:7  And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

Rev_16:1  And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.

Psa 69:24  Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

Psa 76:7  Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

Psa 90:11  Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 

Nah 1:6  Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 

Rom 2:5  But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 

Rom 2:6  Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 

Rom 2:7  To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life

Heb 10:31  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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Why do we ignore the wrath of God, we pretend it shouldn't exist and if it does it is something grossly wrong for a loving God to have. Any parent can comprehend love and anger. Anyone in love with another can comprehend love and anger. We can love and experience anger.

Anger goes wrong when it is abused.

Eph 4:26  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath

Anger is not something we are to hang on to and nurture, feed, allowing it to grow.  Anger is not supposed to be used to commit sin in any way. Anger should be a righteous anger, not unrighteous.  Unrighteous anger is an anger created by selfishness, selfish motives.

We serve self with a lot of our anger. Think about when you get angry. Let's take road rage for an example. A lot of road rage is created by us because we are in a hurry to get somewhere and we lash out at the drivers around us seemingly driving inadequately- unlike we, ourselves and our driving. Even when a person cuts us off, there is a possibility that it wasn't intentional. I know I've personally made some bad decisions while driving that have caused people to probably curse me out big time.  They were bad decision made in a split moment, they were mistakes. If I can make mistakes others can too yet where is my forgiveness for them? Instead my instant rage is ignited. Sure this is just one example and it may not even apply to the majority of any who are reading this.

There are a lot of situations that involve selfish anger.

Remember this--

Mat 5:38  Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 

Mat 5:39  But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 

Mat 5:40  And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 

Mat 5:41  And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 

Mat 5:42  Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 

When we get filled with anger for those who wrong us- truly wrong us- it is a selfish anger if we do not get over it very quickly, giving it to God and seeking to follow His will.

Notice I said- wrong if we don’t get over it quickly.  The anger comes, it's what we do with the anger that once it hits us that matters.

By the grace of our LORD, may we study this still more tomorrow. All by HIS WILL.

In the name of our SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST now and forever!

Don't let the sun go down on your anger.

Anger.


Eph 4:26  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath


That old saying- don't go to bed angry has its roots here, yes?


Anger.


an·ger
ˈaNGɡər/

noun
1. 1.a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

synonyms:

rage, vexation, exasperation, displeasure, crossness, irritation, irritability, indignation, pique; More

verb
2. 1.fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.

synonyms:

infuriate, irritate, exasperate, irk, vex, peeve, madden, put out; More



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Strong feeling of ANNOYANCE.
Strong feeling of DISPLEASURE.
Strong feeling of HOSTILITY.


God's anger as we discussed yesterday- was a justifiable anger, a righteous anger it was NOT self wrought, it did NOT stem from selfish motives because God could NEVER be selfish, never it's not possible.


God in creating us was selfless- He gave us the freedom of choice from our creation.  If He had wanted He could have made us puppets, but He did not. His anger stems from the knowledge that His love - the only thing that can give Mankind what they need to be fully the creatures He knows they can be- is purposefully rejected by man's choice and though He tries to get mankind to comprehend they consistently and endlessly refuse His love.


I know what it is like to want someone to do something that is only good for them only to have them refuse. Do you know what that is like? It's frustrating isn't it? You love them, you want good for them, it breaks your heart that they will not listen. Now on the level of Creator with Creation God has ALL of Creation in His thoughts, not just a single person, but ALL. When PEOPLE refuse, absolutely refuse the truth He knows their end and it's not an end of love because they've chosen so. They've chosen. God's wrath has been unleashed in various events through natural occurrences as well as through those God chose, and this wrath was revealed in hope of turning people BACK to their Creator and away from themselves and gods that existed for them who were not their Creator - the Only TRUE God. In the days of Noah… evil had consume ALL but eight people. God could have ended the HUMAN existence, but He didn't.


Gen 6:5  And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 
Gen 6:6  And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 
Gen 6:7  And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 
Gen 6:8  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 


Noah found GRACE… Noah wasn't perfect, but Noah found GRACE in the eyes of the LORD.


There is anger in us, but it is not the anger of God. Our anger usually stems from selfish roots, not selfless. We can have a righteous anger, but no anger we have is an anger we should keep in us for long- righteous or not.


More on this tomorrow by the GRACE of our LORD, the WILL of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, our SAVIOR, our CREATOR, now and forever!!!!!!!

God remembers we are but weak flesh.

Psa 78:36  Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. 

Psa 78:37  For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. 

Psa 78:38  But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 

Psa 78:39  For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 

God, our Creator, has NEVER been a God who has forgotten His creatures. Paying close attention to us He has watched as we've rejected Him, over and over, and over again. He has grown angry at us, at our outright refusal to accept His love. He's had to watch us make such an awful mess of something He created to be beautiful beyond our imaginings.

As human beings we can comprehend anger, righteous anger.  Anger in itself isn't wrong.

Mar_3:5  And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

Jesus became angry and Jesus never sinned, not once in any way at all.  Like His Father, Jesus' anger was a righteous anger, a justified anger.

Eph 4:26  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath

Jas 1:19  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 

Jas 1:20  For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 

We too can be angry and not sin, yet our anger MUST be a slow anger. Our anger won't work righteousness like God's, our anger can turn into something truly awful, sinful.  Is it any wonder our anger needs to be well in check.

God's anger is justified.

Psa 78:36  Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. 

Psa 78:37  For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. 

Psa 78:38  But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 

Psa 78:39  For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 

People flatter God with their lips all the time.

People lie to God every single day.

The heart of people are NOT right with God.

People are NOT stedfast in God's covenant.

Regardless of ALL our disobedience, God is filled with compassion.

God forgive us!

God hasn't destroyed us outright wiping all humanity out of existence.

God knows we are but flesh- weak, weak flesh.

We can't forget this, we can't ignore this aspect of our God, our Creator.

We aren't perfect in His eyes by a long shot, but He doesn't look to us for perfection. He looks to His Son's sacrifice and hears His Son's prayer--

Joh 17:1  These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 

Joh 17:2  As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 

Joh 17:3  And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 

Joh 17:4  I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 

Joh 17:5  And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. 

Joh 17:6  I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 

Joh 17:7  Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 

Joh 17:8  For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 

Joh 17:9  I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. 

Joh 17:10  And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. 

Joh 17:11  And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 

Joh 17:12  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 

Joh 17:13  And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 

Joh 17:14  I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 

Joh 17:15  I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 

Joh 17:16  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 

Joh 17:17  Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 

Joh 17:18  As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 

Joh 17:19  And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 

Joh 17:20  Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 

Joh 17:21  That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 

Joh 17:22  And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 

Joh 17:23  I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 

Joh 17:24  Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 

Joh 17:25  O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 

Joh 17:26  And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. 

More on this tomorrow by the GRACE, the WILL of our LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST now and forever!

We Confess, We Pray!

Prayer and Suppliction-

Praying unto the LORD our God- making our confession.

Dan 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 

Dan 9:4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession

Daniel prayed and made his CONFESSION- the following is His confession:

'…and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God'

Dreadful NOT in the way we imagine- read this from Bible Commentator Albert Barnes-

'O Lord, the great and dreadful God - A God great, and to be feared or venerated - הנורא hanôrâ'. This does not mean “dreadful” in the sense that there is anything stern or unamiable in his character, but mainly that he is to be regarded with veneration.'

'…keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments'

This seems to be point noted more than once and even confirmed in the New Testament by Jesus Himself.

Joh_15:10  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

1Jn_2:3  And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

1Jn_3:22  And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

1Jn_5:2  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

1Jn_5:3  For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Dan 9:5,6 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments. Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 

Do we sin? Do we commit iniquity? Do we do wickedly? Have we rebelled? Have we departed from God's word? Do we listen to all the word of God given to us by the Holy Spirit as He dictated to men of God in the Bible?

2Pe_1:21  For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

We are guilty. We need to confess just as Daniel is confessing.

 Dan 9:7-13 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.  O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. 

We need to TURN from our iniquities so we may understand God's TRUTH.

Dan 9:14-19 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 

We do NOT come before God for OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. We do not petition God because we have any righteousness in us at all! We do NOT have any righteousness of our own, none! We petition God for HIS mercies!

Dan 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

Hear LORD. Forgive LORD. Harken LORD. Defer not LORD.

Please LORD, please. Satan would have us all to sift us all as wheat! Please pray for us even as we pray prayers that are so inferior, so inadequate. Please! As Daniel prayed to YOU we pray! WE PRAY!

Praying Earnestly

Do we set our faces unto the Lord our God when we seek Him by prayer and supplication- all the while denying any self-pursuits?

Dan 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 

Dan 9:4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God…

Do we end our prayers this way--

Dan 9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 

Dan 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 

Dan 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

Daniel prayed earnestly to God recognizing not only his own failings but those of God's chosen people as well. 

We need to pray earnestly right now. We need our Savior to return, we really, really do.  Maybe the craziness of this world is typical to each generation believing their world is crazy, but honestly if each successive generation has acknowledged their declining generation where does that place us now?  Then again, we look back through history and read of some really awful times - dark ages, crusades, holocaust, so many awful things in the past we wouldn't even consider in our supposed enlightened, modern times. Our evil has become more individualized on some levels perhaps. Still, we are in the age of 'knowledge being increased', we know that heralds the coming of Christ. Our level of increasing knowledge only accelerates without any plateauing and I believe that it will continue on that way until Christ returns. With that increase in secular knowledge as well as Biblical comprehension, we can only imagine the things mankind will use that knowledge for, and is using it for.

Truly we need to pray in earnest right now because we need the our SAVIOR to return, we need all the evil to end, to just end.

More on this tomorrow by the grace and will of our God, now and forever!

Dan 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 

Dan 9:4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 

Dan 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: 

Dan 9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 

Dan 9:7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. 

Dan 9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 

Dan 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; 

Dan 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 

Dan 9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 

Dan 9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 

Dan 9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. 

Dan 9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. 

Dan 9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 

Dan 9:16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. 

Dan 9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 

Dan 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 

Dan 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

Committed to God

Commended to God and to the word of his grace.

God and His word of grace are able to build us up, are able to give us an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Act 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. 

Commended to God- committed to God.

Act 14:23  And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. 

Committed to the Lord.

Given to God for safe keeping.  Can we commit others to God, can we commend them to God? In a world with so much deception we have to give over to God their spiritual wellbeing. The world will rip apart any and all it can in its effort to keep us from God. And by the world I mean the Prince of this world- Satan.  There are forces at work all around us fighting to keep us from being committed to God, from being committed to our Lord and Savior.

To be committed to God, to be committed to the word of God's grace is something truly amazing.

We NEED to be built up in Christ because only if we are built up in Christ will we receive the inheritance we need to receive among all who are sanctified.

Jesus in His prayer to God the Father-

Joh 17:17  Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 

Joh 17:18  As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 

Joh 17:19  And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 

The Word of God- the Word of Truth.

We NEED to know God's word! Why do we ever imagine it's not important to know God's word? Why?

Let us be commended to God and to the word of God's grace. Let us be commended to the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

Let us NOT go a single day without the word of God!

Every day, every single day we need the word of God! There doesn't exist one day that we do not need to be committed to God, not one!