TODAY’S WORD FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 9, 2014
EXCUSES
Reasons given to explain why you cannot do something; alibis, justification, defense; seek to remove the blame for ones actions.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have not sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. John 15:22.
How many times in life have you heard excuses? Children constantly have excuses when something they said or did is not acceptable. Spouses give excuses, many times for minor situations that end up major.
What about in the work place or even in church. Hardly a day can go by without someone close to you, possibly it is you, offering an excuse to justify something they should not have done or for something they should have done but did not.
But the excuses for not receiving Jesus as one’s Savior are inexcusable. How many excuses have you heard from one who does not know Jesus when they are invited to accept Him as their Savior?
Do you relate to any of these excuses if you do not know Jesus? How about, “I am a good person, I live an honest life, and I help the poor so how could a just God condemn me. God would never forget me so why do I need to accept Jesus as my Savior and change my lifestyle?”
Others say, “I just do not understand the whole concept. Why should I have to pay a penalty for those two people in the Garden of Eden?” The apostle Paul when he was writing to the Church at Corinth wrote in I Corinthians 2:14, “But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.”
How many times have you heard the excuse, “I have Christian friends who live their lives so inconsistently. They go to church on Sunday but on Monday they live under the rules of the world.” Many Christians live their lives with inconsistency.
We know many people do not want to accept Christ because it will hurt their business. They have a love of money that dominates everything they do. The treasures on this earth far outweigh the treasures in eternity for these people.
One of the major excuses that we hear is that the pleasures in life a person has is more important that worrying about their spiritual status. Worldly pleasures are for today but tomorrow they will cause confusion and unhappiness.
Do you know Jesus as your Savior or are you using excuses as to why you do not know Him. Do not kid yourself. The Bible is clear. When our life here on this earth is over and we must stand before God all of our excuses will not be accepted. We will have no more chances to change our mind and accept Jesus.
If you are saying no to God and rejecting Jesus, today is the day to reject your excuses and give your life, your devotion and your worship to God, your Heavenly Father, and to Jesus, your Lord and Savior. Life on this earth is short. Life that comes from knowing Jesus will last for eternity.
Our memory verse for this week is found in John 15:9.
Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you, abide in My love.
Help me to reject the excuses I face in life and allow me to be drawn close to You. May my life shine a bright light in a dark world to those who need to know You as their Savior.
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