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Pastor David’s Weekly Devotional
It has been said, “God made us in His image, and we’ve been trying to return the favor ever since.” In his excellent and increasingly-relevant book, Ten Lies About God, Erwin Lutzer examines common misconceptions about God – ten contemporary ways man is trying to remake God:
Idolatry has existed since the fall (cf. Ex.20:3-6; Dan.5:23-24; Ps.115:4-8; Is.44:9-20; Jer.10:3-10; Acts 17:29). Unfortunately, however, too many Christians become enamored with or deceived by a man-made god. The God of the Bible will not be diminished, distorted, or defiled in any way – certainly not by those whom He has created. This caveat rings with a sobering truth: “woe to those who see themselves in a mirror and proclaim that they have seen God.”
Together in and for Christ,
Pastor David
Scripture Readings for the Week (Monday – Sunday ~ Week #32):
Leviticus 25-27; 1 Chronicles 1-4; Psalm 93-95; Proverbs 16; Daniel 1-6; John 3-4; 2 Thess. 1-3
Recommended Reading:
“Ten Lies About God: and the truths that shatter deception” by Erwin Lutzer
It has been said, “God made us in His image, and we’ve been trying to return the favor ever since.” In his excellent and increasingly-relevant book, Ten Lies About God, Erwin Lutzer examines common misconceptions about God – ten contemporary ways man is trying to remake God:
1. God is whatever you want Him to be
Biblical Truth: “Our God…does whatever pleases him” (Ps.115:3; cf. Ps. 50:21, 135:6; Is.55:8-9).
2. Many paths lead into God’s presence
Biblical Truth: “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” (John 14:6; cf. Jn.3:16-18, 36; Acts 4:12; 1 Tim.2:5-6).
3. God is more tolerant than He used to be
Biblical Truth: “I the Lord do not change…” (Mal.3:6; cf. Num.23:19; Ps.103:8-12; Jms.1:17).
4. God has never personally suffered
Biblical Truth: “[Christ] took up our infirmities…carried our sorrows…was pierced for our transgressions…crushed for our iniquities…oppressed and afflicted” (Is.53:3-10; cf. 1Pet.2:23-24).
5. God is obligated to save followers of other religions
Biblical Truth: “Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matt.7:21; cf. Rom.1:18-23).
6. God takes no responsibility for natural disasters
Biblical Truth: “The Lord does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses” (Ps.135:6-7; cf. Ps.89:8-9; Mk.4:35-41).
7. God does not know our decisions before we make them
Biblical Truth: “I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come…” (Isa 46:10; cf. Ps.33:10-11, 139; Prov.19:21, 21:30; Rom.11:33-36; Heb.4:13).
8. The Fall (of mankind) ruined God’s plan
Biblical Truth: “[God] has saved us and called us to a holy life – not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace…given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time” (2 Tim 1:9; cf. Acts 2:22-24, 3:18, 4:28; Eph.1:4, 7-10, 3:10-11; Tit.1:2).
9. We must choose between God’s pleasures and our own
Biblical Truth: “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Ps.37:4; Ps.16:5-11; Jn.10:10, 17:3; Phil.4:4; 1Thess.5:16; 1Pet.1:8-9).
10. God helps those who help themselves.
Biblical Truth: “the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so” (Rom.8:7; cf. Rom.3:10-18, 4:4-5, 5:6-8; Eph.2:1-8; 2Tim.1:9; Tit.3:3-7).
Idolatry has existed since the fall (cf. Ex.20:3-6; Dan.5:23-24; Ps.115:4-8; Is.44:9-20; Jer.10:3-10; Acts 17:29). Unfortunately, however, too many Christians become enamored with or deceived by a man-made god. The God of the Bible will not be diminished, distorted, or defiled in any way – certainly not by those whom He has created. This caveat rings with a sobering truth: “woe to those who see themselves in a mirror and proclaim that they have seen God.”
Together in and for Christ,
Pastor David
Scripture Readings for the Week (Monday – Sunday ~ Week #32):
Leviticus 25-27; 1 Chronicles 1-4; Psalm 93-95; Proverbs 16; Daniel 1-6; John 3-4; 2 Thess. 1-3
Recommended Reading:
“Ten Lies About God: and the truths that shatter deception” by Erwin Lutzer
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