Without Covetousness - Final
One day Abraham Lincoln was walking down the street with two small boys who were both crying loudly. A neighbor passing by inquired, “What’s the matter, Abe? Why all the fuss?” Lincoln responded, “The trouble with these lads is what’s wrong with the world; one has a nut and the other wants it!” This is an old story and a little humorous, but it humorously illustrates a big problem and the oldest one known to man—greed.
The tragic irony is that the serpent tempted the woman with something that was already true—made in God’s image, she already was like Him! She already radiated His majesty and glory; she already existed in perfection. But it was not enough. It was not enough to have His light pulsating through her; she wanted to be the light itself.—Hannah Anderson
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We are growing in our character every day. The question is in which direction are we growing? Are we growing toward godly character or ungodly character? Are we growing in love or selfishness; in harshness or patience; in greed or generosity; in honesty or dishonesty; in purity or impurity? Every day we train ourselves in one direction or another by the thoughts we think, the words we say, the actions we take, the deeds we do.—Jerry Bridges
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Money is plainly not intrinsic treasure; love is, goodness is, joy is. A beloved disciple, in a moment of inspiration, announced the profound truth that love is “of God.” Men wrongly divide love into two types, “human love” and “divine love,” but in reality there is only love. Wherever love has become the nature of the soul and it has become “natural” now to forget self for others, to seek to give rather than to get, to share rather than to possess, to be impoverished in order that some loved one may abound, there a divine and godlike spirit has been formed. And we now come upon a new kind of wealth, a kind that accumulates with use, because it is a law that the more the spirit of love is exercised, the more the soul spends itself in love, so much the more love it has, the richer it grows, the diviner its nature becomes.—Rufus M. Jones
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JOHN 3:36 ENDS ALL OUR WORRIES! "HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH EVERLASTING LIFE!"
You don't have to wait till you die to find out if you're saved! Once you've received Jesus Christ & you have Him in your heart, & you love Him & you know Him & you believe on Him as your Saviour, there are no if's, and's, or but's about it! You are a saved child of God! You have eternal life right NOW!--And you are the Lord's FOREVER! (Jn.1:12; 6:37; 10:28,29)
You already have Salvation! You don't need to worry about whether or not you are going to lose it, or how you are going to manage to STAY saved, because Eternal Salvation by Grace means ONCE saved, ALWAYS saved!--Besides, YOU can't keep yourself saved any more than you could save yourself in the first place! Only JESUS can do it! (Phi.1:6; 1Pet.1:5) So even though you're not perfect, & you're bound to make mistakes, God is going to save you anyway! Once you've received Jesus, you are completely purified & redeemed in the eyes of God by the sacrifice of CHRIST on Calvary!--That's the amazing Love of Jesus Christ & the Mercy of God! You're saved right now because God has promised it & God's Word is true!
Salvation is FOREVER! He's ALREADY given it to you & He's not going to take it back! It's YOURS! Praise the Lord!
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