GOD’S WORD FOR  APRIL 14

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

CLEAN HEARTS, CLEAN FEET

Psalm 32:5

“I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity.  I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.’ And you forgave the iniquity of my sin.”

D.L. MOODY

We are good at confessing other people’s sins, but if it is true repentance, we shall have as much as we can do to look after our own.  When a man or woman gets a good look into God’s looking glass, they aren’t finding fault with other people:  such are fully occupied with their own sins.

ERWIN LUTZER

Take a deep look into your heart.  What do you really see?  No doubt you see some good,   but you’ll also see, if you’re honest, a lot of ugly things.  As sinners, when we learn more about God’s holiness, we become more overwhelmed with even the “small” sins in our life.  When Adam and Eve sinned, the smudge of sin settled on every human heart.   That sense of guilt we’ve all experienced is the conviction that we are alienated from God.

He who washed the disciples’ feet is the One who can also wash our hearts.  Who needs to be cleansed?  The answer, of course, is everyone.  In John 13:10, when Jesus washed the disciples feet, He said, “The one who has bathed doesn’t need to wash, except for his feet.”  He was talking about two different kinds of baths.  There is the bath of regeneration when you become a Christian.  That is the bath that all of us need in order to get into heaven.   The other bath, the “washing of feet,” is confession.  When you sin, that sin has to be confessed so that you can stay reconciled to your Heavenly Father.

PRAYER

Father, please overcome my love of sin by granting me a greater love for You.
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Ephesians 4:17-19

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;  who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

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Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

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Acts 17:30

Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.

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Luke 13:3

I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.

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Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

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James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

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2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

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Psalm 25:8-9

Good and upright is the Lord;

Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.

The humble He guides in justice,

And the humble He teaches His way.

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1 Peter 5:6

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.

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