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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"OVERCOMING BY GREATER LAWS" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
WHEN I REALLY STARTED STUDYING GOD'S WORD, I CAME ACROSS A PASSAGE THAT REALLY SCARED ME. IT IS LUKE 6:38 WHICH SAYS "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." YOU MIGHT ASK ME WHY THIS SCARED ME. IT WAS THE PART THAT SAID "FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YE METE WITHAL IT SHALL BE MEASURED TO YOU AGAIN". I KNOW A LOT OF PREACHERS QUOTE THIS PASSAGE WHEN TAKING AN OFFERING, TO TRY TO GET US TO GIVE MORE MONEY. HOWEVER, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ABOUT MONEY. IT CAN BE GIVING ANYTHING AND THAT IS WHAT SCARED ME.
BEFORE I REALLY TURNED MY LIFE OVER TO JESUS, I PLANTED A LOT OF BAD SEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS AN ALCOHOLIC. I KNOW I GAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE PAIN WITH SOME OF THE THINGS I DID. I ALWAYS WORRIED THAT THIS WAS WHAT THIS VERSE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT AND ALONG WITH GALATIANS 6:7 WHICH SAYS "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap", I WORRIED.
I STOPPED WORRYING WHEN A GOOD FRIEND TOLD ME THAT ALTHOUGH THIS WAS ONE OF GOD'S LAWS, IT COULD BE OVERCOME BY A GREATER LAW. HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT IT WAS LIKE THE LAW OF GRAVITY THAT COULD BE OVERCOME BY THE GREATER LAW OF THRUST AND LIFT. BAD THINGS WE HAVE DONE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO US BECAUSE OF A GREATER LAW WHICH IS THE LAW OF FORGIVENESS. WE JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER 1ST JOHN 1-9 WHICH SAYS "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
ALSO REMEMBER THE OTHER SIDE OF LUKE 6:38 WHICH IS THAT IF WE GIVE GOOD THINGS, GOOD THINGS WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO US LIKE IT SAYS. GALATIANS 6-9 BACKS UP THIS BY SAYING "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." I AM NOT WORRIED ANY MORE AND I AM NOT GOING TO FAINT, HOW ABOUT YOU?
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
