Pastor: Pastor Jim Wood | Series: 2018 Marriage Conference
Program for 07/18/18 SAS Devotions: Genesis 34, Rape and Murder
God was still with Joseph whatever happend to him. We will do better if we work hard. It is okay to be different. The fact that people do the wrong thing, does not make it the right thing to do. People who do not believe the truth, do not mind lying.
God takes what we do wrong and still makes it beautiful. All imoorality involves treating people like an object. Children do not become unworthy because of faulty ways that their parents conceived. God showa us that He came to save sinners.
In this passage Dinah had done nothing wrong, and yet she was raped. This evil was not due to anything that Dinah had done. Rape is not the fault of the person abused, the sin falls on the rapist. God designed such a wonderful, beautiful thing with love, marriage, then sexual relations. Jacob's sons plotted to murder the men of Shechem. The muder of every man in Shechem was sin and not okay. The only good out of this story is God. We all mess up, all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Sometimes when we try to do the right thing we end up messy and even messier then we know. We need to have confidence in Christ alone.
In this story, we see that the people did things that were very superstitious. We have been taught a lot of things that are not correct. The whole idea of bad luck was developed by people who do not know God or who did not love God. God is in charge of the Universe and only He made and it. God is the one who brings life and He alone can bring salvation. We all have physical problems because we are living in a world that is under a curse. If we are in Christ, we will gain a new body with no physical defects that will live forever. God knew what He was doing when he made us. He designed us with a purpose and a plan. We should not attempt to manipulate our situations and make silly plans when God has already promised us and told us what to do. Sin is not okay, even though God uses the sin that we do to accomplish His will. God is the author of life and is in charge of everything.
Program for 06/28/17 SAS Devotions: Matthew 19:1-15, Marriage and Divorce