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Devotional for Thursday 5/31/2012 (Faulty Thinkng)

Started by Roostem33, May 31, 2012, 08:24:09 AM

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Roostem33

This devotional comes from Our Daily Bread by Anne Cetas


Four people—a pilot, a professor, a pastor, and a hiker—were flying in a small plane when the engines died. The pilot said, "There are only three parachutes. Since this is my plane, I'm taking one of them." He put it on and jumped out. The professor said, "I'm brilliant and the world needs me, so I'm taking a parachute," and he jumped out.
Then the pastor told the hiker, "I don't want to be selfish, so you take the last parachute." The hiker replied, "There are still two left, so we can each have one. The professor jumped out with my backpack instead of the parachute!" Though the professor thought he would land safely, his assurance was based on faulty thinking.
Some people have an assurance of salvation based on faulty thinking. They believe that church attendance, baptism, or just being good will gain them approval from God. But our thinking is faulty if it isn't based on what God says in His Word. God says that "all have sinned" and that we are His enemies. But through the death and resurrection of His Son, we can be made right with God (Rom. 3:23; 5:8-10). By faith in what Christ has done, we can have peace with God (5:1) and the assurance of eternal life in heaven.
Do you believe it? Your eternity is at stake. Don't trust faulty thinking but put your faith in Christ.


Have a great week,
Jody
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.(John 10:10)

BOFF

Great Devotional Jody!!

I really enjoyed this one today, and was going to use it myself.  :mycross:

Ya beat me to it.  :angel9:


Have a great weekend!!



God Bless,
David b.