Monday, October 19, 2015

Becoming a Man of God

Isaiah 1:18
Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.

This past week was a bit of a challenge with my son.  He’s at that age where he says “No!” a lot.  He finds himself in time out for disobeying.  Last night we were reading from his “Little Boys Bible Storybook for Mothers and Sons” book and the story was so fitting.  It was the story of Eve getting Adam to take a bite of the apple.  While this is written for a young child, I think there is a lot that we can take from it too, so I wanted to share it. 

Becoming a Man of God
A man of God takes responsibility for his sin.
Adam and Eve were made in God’s image.  But they didn’t have to always do what he wanted them to do. They could choose to obey or not to obey.  In this story, they made a bad choice – they sinned – and God punished them.  Sometimes the only way we learn lessons is through punishment.  That’s not much fun, is it?  But we remember the lessons we learn when we’ve been punished.
Everybody sins – even if we try hard not to we do.  When was a time that you did something wrong? Were you punished? How?


While this is written for young children, I think we can all relate as we do all sin.  Sin does come with consequences and   from those, we should learn lessons, that hopefully teach us to not repeat that sin.  I encourage you today to think over your past “punishments” to see how you can move forward in life to live a life that is more pleasing to God.  

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