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Observations from today’s readings and today’s S-WOD, Tuesday, 26 September 2023:
Ezekiel 28:2 — Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods….'”
When pride causes us to trust in ourselves or anything else rather than God, we face judgment. When a nation thinks they don’t need God anymore, its end is near.
Ezekiel 28:16 – In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned.
When you do business with the world for the sake of personal gain, you lose your holiness and step outside of the Lord’s protection.
Ezekiel 28:17 – You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
Foolishness is serving self rather than God. Foolishness chooses riches over righteousness. Foolishness seeks praise rather than seeking to be praiseworthy. Jesus said, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?”
Hebrews 9:14 — How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Jesus’ perfect sacrifice is intended to give you a clear conscience so that you can serve God unhindered by any fear or guilt. Again, grace enables obedient service.
Hebrews 9 – Christ is the ultimate sacrifice that atoned for sin once and for all.
“Cross” Fit S-WOD (Spiritual Workout of the Day) – 26 September 2023: End your guilt today by accepting that Christ paid for all your sins once and for all and freed you from the penalty of sin as well as the power of sin to control you. Walk in peace with God, and obey Him not out of guilt or fear but out of genuine love for Him and appreciation for the grace you have received for eternity. (Hebrews 9)
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