John 17:17
“Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth.”
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A preacher boarded the bus I was riding on and started talking about the Lord and the salvation he offers to mankind. And almost instantly, I see people closing their eyes (maybe to sleep) or taking out their celphones to text someone (or as if he is texting).
After the preaching, the driver turned on the TV and tuned in to a telenovela. Again, almost instantly, the people become attentive again and started watching the show.
As a child, we are all hungry for knowledge. We would believe whatever our teacher or our parents would tell us. For us, these are “gospel” truths simply because we trust them and that they are telling the truth.
And yet, when someone starts preaching us about God’s gift of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ, we would prefer to disregard it or think about it the more than just believing on it outright. We all knew about the commandments of God, and still, we break at least one of them, telling ourselves that one would not hurt.
Why? You may have your reasons…
But whatever the reasons are, we do need to keep God in our hearts and follow his words and commandments. We cannot always say that I would just ask for forgiveness tomorrow… for tonight, you may not wake up.
Take that path towards perfection… we may not all be perfect, but with God in our heart, everything would be done in perfection.
Let us pray +
Almighty Father, blessed are we, because we have known You! Blessed are we, because we have believed in You! Blessed are we, because we bear Your wounds and the sign of Your Blood on our contenances! Blessed are we, because You are our great hope! Blessed are we, because You are our God forever! Amen +
Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.
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