Will Davis, Jr., hits it right on the head! (sssh - he's a recovering legalist!!!)Some of these 'things' Jesus didn't say, I've heard all my life. Wow, what a lie this one is: "This wouldn't be happening if you were a better Christian." Ouch! Have you ever said that? I have and I am convicted of it again even now.
This book also has study guide questions after each chapter. And this....I love this...Jesus has a guest list: all who are tired and burdened. Wow, I'm on his guest list! Awesome.
What about this lie? "It's okay not to love certain people." ooh, that got me right in the gut.
Learn truth from lies in Davis' easy-reading book, "10 Things Jesus Never Said." He tells real-life stories about trust vs. lie - truth always wins out. Our/His Word is truth.
The other day a lady I work with said, "Well, you know - whatever goes around comes around." I stopped for a minute - almost had it out of my mouth to agree, when out came this: 'Ann, that's not even Biblical.' The truth will always set you free, right? She meant something else, but that lie we hear every day, don't you?
Just because I was a sorry Christian for several years of my life, doesn't mean that sorry things are going to happen to me and that I am sorry now. I'm born again! I have the promises of God Who is our Defender?
Jesus never said, "I'm so disappointed in you." Wow, that one hit me like a brick. For 17 or more years, I never went to church because I really did think He didn't love me anymore, and that He was disappointed in me. Man will lie, man will be disappointed - but God is not a man that He would lie! He's God! He loves us unconditionally. He's our Defender. He's our Provider. He's our Peace, and so much more. Who hooo!
Here's an excerpt from Chapter 3: "Im So Disappointed in You." The Lie: You are constantly letting God down. With every new day, he has a fresh and full slate of hopes and dreams for your life., but by the end of each day, he's facing the ugly reality that you've failed to be all that he hoped you would. Once again you haven't lived up to God's expectations.
If you think about that last statement, the reasoning does make sense. Davis says, "We're human and sinful...BUT -- the Truth is: God has never been disappointed in you. Not once ever. The emotion of disappointment is something that he can never feel. Our enemy, the devil, is skilled at painting a picture of God as the brokenhearted--or worse, angry--deity who has been failed one time too many by us. But that simply isn't true. God has never been and never will be disappointed with you. Let's find out why. Now you need to finish reading this chapter to conclusively know that you know that you know -- God is never going to be disappointed in you!! Yaay!
I know from listening to Pastor Kent that God is not up in heaven wringing his hands saying, "Oh Me, there she goes again--I'm so worried about her!"
God's knowledge is limitless. God's mind is infinite. God doesn't just know it, he created it!
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Happy Reading.
