Today’s Devotional – July 15th (Loopholes in God’s Law, Part 1)
By admin On May 7th, 2021.
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Today’s Devotional – July 15th
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Loopholes in God’s Law
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Part 1
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“And if any man think that he knoweth any thing,
he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.”
1st Corinthians 8:2.
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It is said, that in America’s younger years, many of the great law schools taught contract law, using the Book of Romans, as the model of a perfect contract.
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Well, as we know, the secularists moved in decades ago and soon began removing anything Christian from this society’s public institutions…
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…eventually secularizing those formerly Christian colleges.
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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.
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LOOPHOLES
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Now, as for the contracts of men, we know that the people of the world often put what is known as “loopholes” in their contracts.
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For instance, a good contract lawyer might slip in a clause which allows his client to slip out of the contract altogether, for this or that reason.
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But would God ever do such a thing? Would God ever put a loophole in His infallible lawbook, the Bible?
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Well, let’s explore this lawbook-of-all-lawbooks to see if God did put any loopholes in this legal document.
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La Bible, Notre-Dame – wikimedia – share-alike license
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BIBLE, A BOOK OF LOOPHOLES!
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Actually, if you think about it, the Bible is a contract made up of one loophole after another!
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For instance, right back in the very beginning, God warned our first parents…
…”But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it:
for in the day that thou eat thereof thou shalt surely die.”
Genesis 2:17
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And so, right there, God made a divine contract to Adam, that should he or his wife eat of that forbidden fruit, they would die!
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But then, when they did eat of that tree, they didn’t die did they?
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Does, this make God a liar?
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Eve – Tizian – Wikipedia – pub-dom
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THE PROMISED REDEEMER
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No, God is not a liar! Adam and Eve began to die in that very day!
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Death entered their bodies on that very day.
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And even though it took many centuries for death to finally put them into the grave, God’s warning proved true and trustworthy.
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But then, right there in the garden, God added another loophole to His contract with Mankind.
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Listen… “And I will put enmity between thee (Satan) and the woman,
and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise His heel.”
Genesis 3:15
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Yes, right there in the garden, God added a loophole big enough for the proverbial Mac Truck to drive through!
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Because this little comment He made, was a way of escape from that death sentence hanging over the heads of all Mankind…
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…over each and every human who ever lived or will live!
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A Savior was to come into the world who would eventually destroy the serpent!
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Mack-dump-truck – Wikipedia – Creative Commons License
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LIFE AND DEATH: A SIMPLE CONCEPT!
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Now this devotional does not have time (nor the understanding) to explore all the many other loopholes in God’s contract with Humanity.
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But let’s just explore several other places in Scripture, in which God has placed loopholes big enough, for that same “Mac Truck” to drive through.
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The Bible clearly states in Romans… “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23
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So, there we have it! “The wages of sin is death”. But “the gift of God is eternal life”! Very simple concept! Right?
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Argentine graves east falkland by Chris Pearson – wikimedia – share-alike license
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THE CREATION SHALL BE DELIVERED
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But if we turn to several chapters later in Romans, we find this statement…
“For the creature was made subject to vanity,
not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption
into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first-fruits of the Spirit,”
Romans 8:20-23
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Now this clause in God’s contract is seemingly very ambiguous!
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Because, it almost seems as if God is saying that the entire Creation, which He refers to as “they” in verse 23, will be delivered into the glorious liberty of the children of God!
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So just what does that above passage mean!?!
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Well, nobody knows for sure!
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Shoppers in Toronto – cropped image – Wikimedia – share-alike license
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MERCY REJOICES AGAINST JUDGMENT!
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Listen… “For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.” James 2:13
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Okay, so it says here that the unmerciful will be shown no mercy by God.
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Now that’s pretty plain! Show no mercy…get no mercy!
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But then, the very next statement says… “and mercy rejoices against judgment.”
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And so, once again, God is giving Himself plenty of wiggle-room in these two statements!
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But we don’t fully understand just what He means, when He says… “And mercy rejoices against Judgment”, although many presumptuously-proud ones may think they know!
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Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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You see, God doesn’t reveal everything.
He has withheld many things from us,
for His own reasons.
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Listen… “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God:
but those things which are revealed
belong unto us and to our children for ever,
that we may do all the words of this law.”
Deuteronomy 29:29.
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TO READ PART 2, CLICK HERE…
June 7 (Loopholes in God’s Law, Part 2: “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?”)
Two Southern Grey-headed Sparrows – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Give me the gift of meekness of wisdom. Let me not be self-assured. But help me to search the Scriptures with the purpose of getting to know Thee, more and more…
Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…
” MARCH 5 (God’s Prophetic Curve-ball)”
or you can also read…
“November 22 – (The Greatest Jig-saw Puzzle Ever!)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN
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WIKIPEDIA STAR-CHART
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This constellation was identified on May 22nd, 2014. It is simply five stars, two from the Serpens Constellation, and stars from the Hercules Constellation.
Wikipedia Star-Chart – Corona Borealis
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What gives this constellation impetus and significance is that it appears as five evenly positioned stars, in a slight oval pattern, as if they were sitting in a meeting, listening, or perhaps watching someone.
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Second, they appear to be gathered in front of The Crown of Revelation 12 Constellation. (just below Corona Borealis in this Wikipedia star-chart, in which the editor of this site sketched in these two constellations)
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Five Wise Virgins Stars”
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TOMORROW:
“July 16th (The Chrysalis Christian, Part 2: “But I Am A Worm!”)”
caterpillar – Papilio machaon caterpillar – cropped image – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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