A Balanced View of God’s Love. Part [13] 12/08/2025 (Evening thought)

Exodus 20: 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work

Take for instance, the issue of worship that revolves around the final conflict between good and evil. The Lord has plainly stated in His word that the 7th day Sabbath is His holy day and that any other day is just a regular working day…. Exodus 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

Exodus 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it…. Mark 2: 27 And he said unto them, the sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath… Isaiah 56: 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that lays hold on it; that keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

Over the centuries, some pretty “good” reasons have been given why changes were needed. One of the most prominent reasons offered up is that Jesus came from the grave on Sunday and because of this, a change in His law on the Sabbath was warranted. And, even though there is absolutely no Scriptural evidence or backing for it, the change has now been adopted by most Christians, and many are sincere in doing so.

Isaiah 56;6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, everyone that keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

A Balanced View of God’s Love. Part [12] 12/07/2025 (Morning thought)

1st Samuel 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

In this instance, Saul did some of what The Lord had commanded, him, but he used his own discretion as it pertained to other things that he thought needed some adjustment. In other words, Saul modified the will of God to align with what he thought was right. On this particular point, some persons believe that their own personal opinions, have more weight than God’s revealed will, especially if their preferences may seem to be something productive of good.

God’s love does not ask persons to determine what is good or not, nor does it excuse a disregard of His law on the basis that it seems to be wrong, or out of step with popular opinion. As we read, consider the apparently “good” reasons that Saul gives for doing contrary to what God required….. 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

1st Samuel 15:10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, 11 It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night…. In our day the love of God is often misinterpreted to mean that it’s okay to insert personal preferences or opinions into His revealed will, once there is a good reason for doing so. It is called good disobedience.

1st Samuel 15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!