TODAY’S WORD FOR MONDAY JUNE 22, 2015.
ACCEPTED
Received with approval or favor; generally approved; widely regarded as normal or satisfactory.
To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the beloved. Ephesians 1:6.
Accept one another, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Romans 15:7.
Today we see crowds of protestors on the street to take a stand against some recent event or some issue that is not acceptable to them. The world of non-believers is quick to react against something or some person they do not accept, especially if it goes against what they seem to believe or does not match their “ME” philosophy.
When the Apostle Paul was among believers in Jesus he was accepted. But when he was among un-believers he was persecuted verbally and physically. Paul was not accepted because he did not do or act like the un-believers did. He spoke against the sinful things they did and he did not say what they wanted to hear.
The scripture is clear. We are all sinners and as sinners we are unacceptable to God. Ephesians 1:6 tells us that God has provided a way for us to be acceptable. By His grace God gave us His Son Jesus to provide that way. He made us accepted in His beloved if we accepted Jesus as our Savior.
We may look different, think differently or talk differently, but God loves us all and it is our choice to believe and accept Jesus into our heart or to reject His offer. Doing nothing is rejection.
We are surrounded daily by people who commit acts of wrong doing and whose behavior is unacceptable. God wants us, as believers, to show kindness to them as a person. We do not need to accept the unacceptable behavior but we need to accept the person so that they can see Christ in us and through us.
Our memory verse for this week is found in Colossians 3:4:
When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
Help me to accept each person that I meet today as one that You love and care for. Help me, by example and with my words, to teach my children, family and friends to accept others and to never be cruel to others who are different than we are.
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