DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE?
WE BLEW IT!!!!
WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE ANYWAY TO TELL GOD WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT?
IT IS JUST TOO MUCH, WE ARE NOT POPULAR ANE NEVER ACCEPTED IF WE PREACH. MUST WE PRATICE EVERYTHING IN THE BIBLE? DO WE HAVE TO BE REJECTED, SOCIETY WILL NEVER TAKE US BACK AGAIN, CAN’T WE JUST BE DIFTERS OR HOBO’S ON THE STREET?
THE MINUTE YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE LORD’S PLANS IN YOUR OWN WAY, YOU MIGHT AS WELL QUIT BECAUSE IT WILL NEVER WORK.
GENESIS 6:5-7
When the Lord saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time, he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.”
DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE BY PUTTING ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN WHERE THEY MADE THEIR OWN CHOICE (GENESIS 6), WHAT ABOUT TODAY, WE ALL DO WHAT WE WANT, SAY WHAT WE WANT SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US?
GALATIANS 6:8
If you plant in the field of your natural desires, from it you will gather the harvest of death; if you plant in the field of the Spirit, from the Spirit you will gather the harvest of eternal life.
WAS IT A MISTAKE WHEN MOSES (EXODUS 2) KILLED AN EGYPTIAN AND HAD TO FLEE FOR HIS LIFE, LIVING FOR FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS LEARNING TO BE A HUMBLE SHEPHERD. WHAT ABOUT TODAY WE KILL PEOPLE FOR THE FUN OF IT.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:21
Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.
DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN HE ALLOWED SAUL TO BECOME KING OF ISRAEL (1 SAMUEL) CONSIDERING THE WAY SAUL TURNED OUT? WHAT ABOUT TODAY, IS GOVERNMENT NOT A FAILURE?
EPHESIANS 5:11-12
Have nothing to do with the worthless things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light. (12 It is really too shameful even to talk about the things they do in secret.)
DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN HE LET DAVID FALL FOR BATHSHEBA (2 SAMUEL 15), BOY LET US NOT GO INTO THAT DEPARTMENT, MOST MARRIAGES TODAY FALL APART BECAUSE OF THE LUST AND PORN, WANTING WHAT WE CANNOT HAVE.
LEV 20:10
"If a man commits adultery with another man's wife or with his neighbour’s wife, both he and the woman must be put to death for their adultery.
AND WHAT OF SAMSON, (JUDGES 14-16), WHAT A BAD EXAMPLE HE WAS, LONG HAIR, ALWAYS RUNNING AFTER THE WOMEN, GETTING INTO FIGHTS AND DRINKING LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW, JOKING AROUND, GAMBLING MONEY AWAY, AM L TALKING ABOUT SOME OF YOU!
WOULD IT NOT HAVE BEEN MORE RESPECTABLE FOR JESUS TO BE BORN IN A PALACE WITH ALL THE HONOUR AND PRAISE OF SOCIETY INSTEAD OF A DIRTY BARN FLOOR, WOULD IT NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR HIM TO LIVE IN LUXURY? DID JESUS ALWAYS HAVE A CHALLENGE THE RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT, DESTROY TRADITIONS WHICH BY THE WAY LED HIM TO BE EXECUTED WITH COMMON CRIMINALS, HE HAD A REPUTATION OF BEING A COMPANION OF SINNERS, DRUNKS AND WHORES, HE WAS A LAW BREAKER, A DISTURBER OF THE PEACE, A FALSE PROPHET OF THE WRONG WAY. DIDN’T GOD MAKE A MISTAKE!
DID YOU HAVE TO BE A DROPOUT AND HANG OUT WITH THE LOWEST OF THE LOW. ONE CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR MAKING A FEW MISTAKES BUT GOING AGAINST REASON, LOGIC AND CUSTOM ARE WE NOT FOOLISH?
WHAT A RECKLESS CRAZY WAY FOR GOD TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE USING DAVID AND SAMSON, DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE OR WAS HE TRYING TO SHOW THAT HE CAN USE ANYTHING EVEN SOMEONE LIKE YOU. BY GIVING US ENCOURAGING EXAMPLES OF HIS SUCESSFUL FAILURES, PEOPLE WHO DARED TO TRUST HIM IN SPITE OF THEMSELVES AND GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY.
GOD LOVES TO DO THINGS CONTRARY TO THE WAY WE THINK HE OUGHT TO DO THEM! IS THIS A MISTAKE! IS GOD WRONG? DID GOD FAIL? GOD MADE US IN HIS IMAGE AND OUT OF LOVE BUT WE DISCOVERED OUR FREE WILLAND USED IT TO SAY “NO” TO GOD THUS CREATING A HELL ON EARTH FOR OURSELVES. WE REBELLED, SO YET AGAIN I ASK “DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE” ARE WE LIKE A COMPUTER WITH A CORRUPT OPERATING SYSTEM WHICH NEEDS TO BE RESET AND RE PROGRAMMED.
GOD WILL NOT FORCE US TO ACT AGAINST OUR FREE WILL WHAT HE DOES OFFER IS A CHANGE OF HEART, TO TURN FROM OUR SIN AND BELIEVE IN JESUS, THROUGH THE SACRAMENTS WE CAN HAVE A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT, WE CAN KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT AND HAVE THE POWER TO DO IT, TO KNOW WHAT IS WRONG AND HAVE THE STRENGTH TO AVOID IT, JESUS CAME AS ONE OF US AND DIED AS ONE OF US SO THAT HIS DIVINE POWER COULD CREATE A KIND OF BRIDGE TO THAT NEW WAY OF LIFE.
JOHN 14:6
Jesus answered him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me.
WHAT CAN GOD POSSIBLY SEE IN ANY OF US THAT CAN BE USEFUL FOR HIM? AND YET MUCH OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD DEPENDS ON US. NEVER UNDERSTIMATE WHAT YOU ONE PERSON CAN DO, ALSO NEVER ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE NO TALENTS TO BRING AND NO SPECIAL SKILLS TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. YES GOD CHOOSES US NOT IN THE LIGHT OF WHO AND WHAT WE ARE BUT IN THE LIGHT OF WHO AND WHAT WE SHALL BECOME AS HE CONTINUES TO USE US.
SO LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT:
MOSES STUTTERED
DAVID’S ARMOUR DID NOT FIT
TIMOTHY HAD ULCERS
HOSEA’S WIFE WAS A PROSTITUTE
AMOS HAD NO TRAINING
JACOB WAS A LIAR
DAVID HAD AN AFFAIR
SOLOMON WAS TOO RICH
JESUS WAS TOO POOR
ABRAHAM WAS TOO OLD
DAVID WAS TOO YOUNG
PETER WAS AFRAID OF DEATH
LAZARUS WAS DEAD
JOHN WAS SELF-RIGHTEOUS
NAOMI WAS A WIDOW
PAUL WAS A MURDERER, SO WAS MOSES
JONAH RAN FROM GOD
MIRRIAM WAS A GOSSIP
GIDEON AND THOMAS DOUBTED
JEREMIAH WAS DEPRESSED, SUICIDAL
ELIJAH WAS BURNED OUT
MARTHA WAS A WORRY WART
MARY WAS LAZY
SAMSON HAD LONG HAIR
NOAH GOT DRUNK
DID I MENTION THAT MOSES HAD A SHORT FUSE? SO DID PETER AS WELL AS PAUL, OH WELL LOTS OF FOLKS HAVE THAT PROBLEM. AM I DESCRIBING SOME OF YOU?
SATAN SAYS YOU ARE NOT WORTHY, GOD SAYS SO WHAT. SATAN LOOKS BACK AND SEES OUR MISTAKES, GOD LOOKS BACK AND SEES THE CROSS. SO SURE THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS WHY GOD SHOULDN’T HAVE CALLED US BUT HE DID, IN SPITE OF WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN OR WHAT WE LOOK LIKE, GOD DID NOT CALL US TO BE SUCCESSFUL BUT FAITHFUL. HE CHOOSE US TO BE HIS VESSELS, TO DO HIS WORK, SO LET US PUT ASIDE ALL THE STUPID THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, THAT WE REGRET.
OK ALL OF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE WALKING TOWARDS A BIG DOOR WITH YOUR NAME ON IT. AT THE DOOR YOU WILL NOTICE AN OPEN CONTAINER PUT ALL YOUR WORRIES, PRESSURE, ANGER, TROUBLES, NEGATIVITY, YOUR THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS , ALL THAT YOU ARE BUSY WITH, INTO IT AND CLOSE THE LID. OPEN THE DOOR AND WALK THROUGH, CLOSE THE DOOR, YOU ARE NOW IN A SOUND PROOF ROOM WITH A THICK CARPET AND A HUGE ARMCHAIR IN THE MIDDLE, NOTICE HOW QUIET IT IS AS YOU SETTLE YOURSELF COMFORTABLY IN THE CHAIR. SMILE, TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND RELAX, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN, NOTICE THE MUSIC THAT IS PLAYING QUIETLY IN THE BACKGROUND, BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, BREATH IN DEEPLY AND THINK ABOUT YOUR BODY, FROM THE TIPS OF YOUR TOES UP TO THE HAIRS ON YOUR HEAD. NOW FOCUS YOUR MIND, STOP LISTENING TO THE NOISE IN YOUR HEAD, FOCUS ENTIRELY ON JESUS
WHAT WOULD HE HAVE YOU DO?
WHAT WOULD HE SAY TO YOU?
CONSIDER WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU, SCREAM, CRY, LET IT ALL GO, GIVE IT ALL TO JESUS WHO IN LUKE 12:7
(MSG) And he pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail--even numbering the hairs on your head! So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries.
IF ALL IS GOOD THEN GO PEACEFULLY TOWARDS THE DOOR AND OPEN IT, LEAVE THE CONTAINER WITH JESUS AND RETURN TO WHERE YOU WERE, IF ALL IS NOT GOOD I INVITE YOU TO BRING IT ALL TO JESUS.
LET US PRAY
DEAR JESUS, I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD AND THAT YOU DIED FOR ME. I NOW ASK YOU TO FORGIVE ME FOR ALL MY SINS. I OPEN THE DOOR AND I INVITE YOU INTO MY HEART AND ASK THAT YOU GIVE ME THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE. PLEASE COME IN JESUS, HELP ME TO READ YOUR WORD AND PRAY CONTINOUS, TEACH ME TO LIVE FOR YOU. PLEASE FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND HELP ME TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT YOU SO THAT THEY MAY FIND YOU TOO. THIS IN YOUR NAME I PRAY. AMEN.
