" EXCUSES "

Good Day To You,

Lord knows how easy it is for us to make an excuse for this and for that. This week I was lead to share with you on just how the Lord and my God feels about us making " Excuses ".

To excuse is to make apology for (2) pardon (3) to release from an objection (4) justify or alibi or even as a defense.

I'm reminded of the account of Adam and Eve after they sinned. Now here is the excuse of all time. When God asked Adam about his sin, Adam immediately blamed his wife Eve, whereupon Eve blamed the serpent. Here is were the blame game first began. How easy was to excuse their sin by blaming someone else or circumstances. Please get this God knows the truth, and he holds each of us responsible for what we do. Admit your wrong attitudes and actions and apologize to God. Don't try to get away with sin by blaming someone else.

OK, listen up, Don't look for excuses to leave your marriage. Remember Jesus said that divorce is not permissible except for unfaithfulness. Please understand that this does not mean that divorce should automatically occur when a spouse commits adultery. Jesus also scowls at those who purposefully abuse the marriage contract, using divorce to satisfy their lustful desire to marry someone else. Are your actions today helping your marriage grow stronger, or are you tearing it apart? Now, those who discover that their partner has been unfaithful should first make every effort to forgive, reconcile, and restore their relationship. We are always to look for reasons to restore the marriage relationship rather than for excuses to leave it.

Don't make excuses to sin, what I'm trying to say is we must not play the word game. Back in Paul's day the beginning of the church, some members apparently had been quoting and misapplying the Word Of God "All things are lawful for me." Some of the believers in Corinth had been excusing their sins by saying that (1) Christ had taken away all sin, and so they had complete freedom to live as they pleased, or (2) what they were doing was not strictly forbidden by scripture. Now the Man Of God couldn't stand by without giving them a true understanding of scripture. Anything we do that hurts rather then helps others is not right.

We are not to make excuses to avoid doing what God calls us to do. If God truly is our Master, we must obey willingly.

Until next Time...

Jim,