Max Lucado is one of my favorite authors hence teachers! One of my devotionals this year is: “Walking with the Savior” by Max Lucado
I wish to share today’s devotion because not only does it send a strong message but it echoes a conversation with a fellow sales rep, one evening after a long day of working a trade show in Vegas. Sharing a nightcap and a relaxing conversation with our trade show manager had become a tradition between the three of us!
More on that in a bit…
Psalm 59:10 NCV “My God loves me, and He goes in front of me. He will help me defeat my enemies.”
“Over and over Jesus would do the same thing and tell the same story: He would love Nicodemus, so caught up in false religion, but would hate the false religion; He would love the woman caught in adultery, but condemn the adultery; He would love Zaccheus, so obsessed by his possessions, but hate his materialism. He would love the sinner, but hate the sin!” Max Lucado “Walking with the Savior” Christian Art Publishers
This is something we need to really get a grasp of!!! God hates the sin but He loves the sinner!!!
You see that evening years ago my friend and fellow co-worker made a sad declaration “God hates me!” My friend is gay and somewhere along his travels through life, society, and pithy Christian’s he has been told a lie!
This is why today’s read hit me so hard as my exact words to him were, “God loves you…He hates your sin.” I am not writing today on sins as we all have them…All of Us!
Sin is our enemy. It covers it all from jealousy to coveting, slander, lying, cheating, robbing, addictions, lust, money, pride, greed…and the list goes on and on!
He will help me defeat my enemies! If you have an enemy in your life present it to God and ask him to help you overcome it.
But, my true message today, is we as Christians need to be aware of our speech, our personal opinions, our take on scripture, and the possible judgments that follow. We need to be aware of how damaging our mouths and opinions can be!
Lest, we leave an unbeliever, left unbelieving, out in the cold and with an entirely incorrect picture of our loving Lord.
He loves the sinner and hates the sin!
Be blessed today and thank you for joining me. 🥰
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