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Daily Devotional “Materialistic Christians”

Daily Devotional “Materialistic Christians”
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September 1, 2023

 

“‘Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth’” (Matthew 6:19).

You cannot pursue both God and riches.

Ours is a society consumed with material things.

Status, success, and importance are all too often measured by a person’s financial worth.

Those with wealth flaunt it; those without wealth fake it.

People often rack up huge debts in their desperate and futile pursuit of happiness through accumulating material things.

Sadly, that same materialistic mind-set permeates the church.

 

 

Instead of offering an alternative, that of being distinct from the world, the church joins the world in its pursuit of riches.

Most tragically of all, the saving message of the gospel of Jesus Christ is lost in the process.

It is not wrong to have possessions. Job, Abraham, and Solomon were among the wealthiest men of their day.

But it is wrong to covet, to make the pursuit of material things the main goal of your life, to serve mammon instead of God.

“Do not love the world,” wrote the apostle John, “nor the things in the world.

If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him” (1 John 2:15).

 

 

James addressed these scathing words to those whose focus is on material things: “You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God?

Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God” (James 4:4).

Behind much of the pursuit of riches in the church is a lack of trust in God’s provision.

Instead of finding security in His promise to supply all our needs (Philippians. 4:19), we seek it in a house, a bank account, or a stock portfolio.

God did not give us our money and possessions so we wouldn’t have to trust Him.

He gave them to us to enjoy (1 Timothy. 6:17) and to test the legitimacy of our spirituality (Luke 16:11).

Whether you are rich or poor, your attitude toward your possessions and how you handle them is a test of your spirituality. How are you doing?

 

 

Prayer

Pray with us, “Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is my portion, lest I be full and deny Thee and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or lest I be in want and steal, and profane the name of my God” (Proverbs. 30:8-9).

Further Reading

What do the following verses teach about our attitude toward wealth: Psalms 49:5-9; Psalm 52:7; Psalm 62:10?

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Daily Devotional “A Little Piece of Bread”

Daily Devotional “A Little Piece of Bread”
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August 31, 2023

 

“Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for [the Lord] Himself has said, ‘I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you’” (Hebrews 13:5).

God promises to provide for all your needs.

In World War II the death of many adults left many orphans.

At the close of the war, the Allies provided some camps to feed the orphans and to try and find a place to relocate them.

The children began to develop and grow, receiving the finest food and care.

But in one of the camps, the officials became perplexed because the children couldn’t sleep.

 

 

They would eat three good meals, but at night they would lie awake.

The camp authorities brought in some doctors to do a study of these orphans to find out why they couldn’t sleep.

The doctors came up with a solution. Every night when the little children were put to bed, someone would come down the row of beds and place in each little hand a piece of bread.

So the last thing the children experienced at night was grasping a piece of bread.

In a matter of days they were all sleeping through the night.

Why? Even though they were fed to the full during the day, experience had taught them that there was no hope for tomorrow.

When they had that bread tucked in their hands, they knew that at least they would have breakfast the next day.

 

 

Similarly, God has given you a piece of bread for your hand.

That bread is this promise: “My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians. 4:19).

If you have that piece of bread in your hand, you can sleep.

You don’t need to stockpile for the future. God is the owner of everything in the world, and He controls all the assets to provide for you because you are His child.

Life for the Christian consists not in the abundance of things he possesses (Luke 12:15), but in being content with the things that he has (Hebrews. 13:5).

 

 

Prayer

Thank God for His promise to provide for all your needs.

Further Reading

In Psalm 37:25, what was David’s testimony about the Lord?

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Daily Devotional “The Lord Who Provides”

Daily Devotional “The Lord Who Provides”
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August 30, 2023

 

“Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

And Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, ‘In the mount of the Lord it will be provided’” (Genesis 22:13-14).

When God provides for a believer, He’s being true to His name.

The Old Testament gives God many names, but one of the most lovely is Jehovah-Jireh, translated in verse 14 of today’s passage as “The Lord Will Provide.”

 

 

It is so much a characteristic of God that it’s His name.

We would never question that God is love and great and mighty and holy and just and good.

But some question whether God provides.

They doubt and are afraid that God isn’t going to meet their needs.

That is exactly what the Lord speaks to in Matthew 6:25-34 when He says, in summary, “Don’t worry about what to eat, drink, or wear.”

The Lord is still Jehovah-Jireh. That is His name, and it is synonymous with one of His attributes.

God is a God who provides, and that is why David said, “I have been young, and now I am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or his descendants begging bread” (Psalm. 37:25).

 

 

The world digs and scratches and claws to make sure it has enough.

Unlike the world, your Father knows your needs, and He will always give you what you need.

You don’t have to own everything, and you don’t have to control everything to meet your needs.

You can receive what God gives you to invest in His eternal kingdom and put away all anxiety about your needs.

Worship God with your life, and rest assured in His promise to provide for you.

 

 

Prayer

First Timothy 6:8 says, “If [you] have food and covering, with these [you] shall be content.” Does contentment characterize your life? If not, confess that to the Lord, and thank Him for the many ways He so faithfully provides for you every day.

Further Reading

Read the following passages, which show God’s faithfulness to provide: Deuteronomy 2:7; 1 Kings 17:1-16; 2 Kings 4:1-7. In what different ways does He give that provision?

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Daily Devotional “Covering Sin”

Daily Devotional “Covering Sin”

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August 29, 2023

 

 

 

“[Love] bears all things” (1 Corinthians. 13:7). Love confronts sin but protects the sinner.

 

In 1 Corinthians 13:7 Paul mentions four qualities of love that are closely related: bearing all things, believing all things, hoping all things, and enduring all things.

 

That might sound like love is indiscriminate and accepting of anything that comes along, but “all things” in that verse is qualified by the context.

 

Love rejects jealousy, bragging, arrogance, and so on (vv. 4-6), but it bears, believes, hopes, and endures all things that are within the parameters of God’s Word.

 

“Love bears all things” speaks of love’s willingness to cover sins and protect sinners from further harm.

 

That’s opposite our tabloid-mentality society in which gossip is big business and people seemingly have an insatiable appetite for exposes and “true confessions.”

 

Love seeks to protect, not expose.

 

It confronts and disciplines sin but never broadcasts failures or wrongs.

 

It feels the pain of those it loves and is willing to take that pain upon itself when necessary—as Christ did when He suffered for our sins.

 

In the Old Testament, the mercy seat was the place where the blood of atonement was sprinkled to cover the sins of the people (Leviticus. 16:14).

 

That covering prefigured the perfect covering of sin that Christ brought through His death on the cross (Romans. 3:25-26).

 

All who trust in Him are forever covered with the mantle of God’s love.

 

You cannot cover sins in the redemptive sense, but you can help protect and restore its victims.

 

Proverbs 10:12 says, “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.”

 

First Peter 4:8 says, “Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.”

 

When you hear of someone’s sin, what is your first reaction?

 

Do you think the worst of him or even gloat over his failures?

 

Or do you expect the best and want to protect him from further exposure, ridicule, or harm?

 

Are you willing to confront sin when necessary and even help bear the burden that person might be carrying?

 

How you react indicates the quality of your love.

 

Prayer

 

 

•Thank God for covering your sins with Christ’s blood.

•Commit yourself to loving others in a way that truly bears all things.

 

Further Reading

 

Read Isaiah 53:3-12.

 

 

•How is Christ pictured?

•What did He endure on your behalf?

 

 

 

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Daily Devotional “Maintaining Doctrinal Purity”

Daily Devotional “Maintaining Doctrinal Purity”
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August 28, 2023

 

“[Love] rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians. 13:6). Love never compromises God’s Word.

Paul has just given us a list of things that love does not do: become jealous, brag, act arrogantly or unbecomingly, seek its own, become provoked, keep track of wrongs suffered, or rejoice in unrighteousness.

Now he comes to the first of five things love does: “[Love] rejoices with the truth” (v. 6).

The contrast in verse 6 is between love’s inability to rejoice in unrighteousness and its joy when truth prevails. “Truth” refers to God’s Word, which is the standard of righteousness.

Paul could have said, “Love doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness but rejoices with righteousness,” but he went beyond the mere deeds of righteousness and addressed its standard and motive.

Love won’t tolerate false doctrine or sinful behavior, but it rejoices when God’s Word is taught and obeyed.

The psalmist said, “O how I love Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Thy commandments make me wiser than my enemies. . . . I have more insight than all my teachers . . . . I understand more than the aged. . . . I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Thy word.

I have not turned aside from Thine ordinances, for Thou Thyself hast taught me.

How sweet are Thy words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

From Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way” (Psalm. 119:97-104).

That’s the testimony of one who rejoices in the truth.

Often Christians are willing to compromise sound doctrine for the sake of loving others.

They believe that doctrinal precision is somehow divisive and unloving.

But Scripture says, “This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. . . . For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh.

This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Watch yourselves, that you might not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward” (2 John 6-8).

Biblical love always operates within the parameters of God’s Word and spiritual discernment (Philippians. 1:9-10).

The most loving thing you can do is live according to biblical truth.

Doctrinal compromise simply diminishes the quality of love and plays into the hands of the evil one.

Prayer

Ask God for wisdom and discernment to keep your love within its proper biblical bounds.

Further Reading

Memorize Philippians 1:9-11.

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Daily Devotional “Rejoicing In Righteousness”

Daily Devotional “Rejoicing In Righteousness”

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August 27, 2023

 

 

 

 

“[Love] does not rejoice in unrighteousness” (1 Corinthians. 13:6).

 

Love never justifies sin.

 

To most Christians, the idea of rejoicing over unrighteousness is repulsive because it suggests enjoying deliberate, wanton sin.

 

We’ve seen sin’s tragic effects on mankind and know how it offends God, so how could we ever rejoice in such a thing?

 

But rejoicing in unrighteousness includes any attempt to justify sin in your own life or the lives of others, so it can be a very subtle thing.

 

There are many ways to rejoice in unrighteousness.

 

One is to exchange right for wrong.

 

That’s what the prophet Isaiah condemned when saying, “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness” (Isaiah. 5:20).

 

In our society, for example, virtues such as virginity and fidelity in marriage are branded as old-fashioned and prudish, while promiscuity and adultery are heralded as contemporary and liberating.

 

Social pressures can cause undiscerning or weak Christians to yield to confused and godless moral standards.

 

Another way to rejoice in unrighteousness is to be undiscerning about what you expose yourself to.

 

The humanistic philosophies and blatant immorality of our society can quickly dull your moral and spiritual senses.

 

Therefore you must carefully evaluate what you read, view, and listen to.

 

Do they denigrate God and exalt violence, crime, immorality, slander, and the like?

 

If so, and you find them entertaining, you are rejoicing in sin.

 

Some believers actually do rejoice over the sins of others.

 

That’s what Jonah did when he refused to preach at Nineveh for fear the people would repent and God would forgive them.

 

He preferred to see them continue in sin rather than reconcile with God.

 

That attitude is not so far removed from today as we’d like to think.

 

I’ve known professing Christians who wanted out of their marriages so badly that they hoped their spouses would commit adultery so they would feel justified in getting a divorce.

 

What a convoluted perspective!

 

True love cannot rejoice in sin, but glories whenever righteousness prevails.

 

If you love God, the things that please Him will please you, and the things that offend Him will offend you.

 

Let that always be your standard.

 

Prayer

 

Ask God for the grace to live a life that pleases Him.

 

For Further Reading

 

Read Matthew 18:15-20, carefully noting the procedure for confronting a sinning Christian.

 

 

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Daily Devotional “Forgiving Others”

Daily Devotional “Forgiving Others”
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August 26, 2023

 

“[Love] does not take into account a wrong suffered” (1 Corinthians. 13:5).

If you love someone, you won’t keep a record of their offenses.

It is reported that when the Moravian missionaries first went to the Eskimos, they couldn’t find a word in their language for forgiveness.

They had to combine a series of shorter words into one compound word: Issumagijoujungnainermik.

Although the word appears formidable, its meaning is beautiful, being translated: “Not-being-able-to-think-about-it-anymore.”

You’ve probably noticed that unforgiving people usually have good memories.

Some can hold a grudge for a lifetime.

But love never keeps a record of wrongs committed against it.

It forgives and is unable to think about them anymore.

That’s what Paul had in mind when he said that love “does not take into account a wrong suffered” (1 Corinthians. 13:5).

The Greek word translated “take into account” was used of the entries in a bookkeeper’s ledger.

Those entries helped the bookkeeper remember the nature of each financial transaction.

In contrast, love never keeps a record or holds others accountable for the wrongs they’ve committed against it.

The greatest example of that kind of love is God Himself.

Romans 4:8 says, “Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.”

Second Corinthians 5:19 adds, “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them.”

Every sin we commit as believers is an offense against God, but He never charges them to our account.

We are in Christ, who bore our penalty on the cross.

When we sin, we are immediately forgiven.

If you love others, you’ll forgive them as God has forgiven you.

Instead of holding them accountable for their offenses, you’ll look beyond their sin to their potential in Christ.

You’ll heed Paul’s admonition to “be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you” (Ephesians. 4:32). That’s the character of true love.

Prayer

•Is there someone from whom you’ve been withholding forgiveness? If so, recognize it as sin and confess it to the Lord. Then be reconciled to that person right away.
•Thank God that He doesn’t keep an account of your sins (cf. Psalm. 130:3).

Further Reading

What does Matthew 18:21-35 say about forgiving others?

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Daily Devotional “Godly Anger Versus Selfish Anger”

Daily Devotional “Godly Anger Versus Selfish Anger”
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August 25, 2023

 

“[Love] is not provoked” (1 Corinthians. 13:5).

Self-centered anger cannot coexist with love.

The great eighteenth-century preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards had a daughter with an uncontrollable temper.

When a young man asked Dr. Edwards for his daughter’s hand in marriage, he said no.

The young man was crushed. “But I love her and she loves me,” he pleaded.

“That makes no difference,” Edwards replied, “she isn’t worthy of you.”

“But she is a Christian, isn’t she,” the young man argued.

“Yes,” said Edwards, “but the grace of God can live with some people with whom no one else could ever live.”

That may seem harsh, but Jonathan Edwards knew what his would-be son-in-law hadn’t yet learned: the presence of selfish anger indicates the absence of genuine love.

“Love,” said Paul, “is not provoked.”

It isn’t given to sudden outbursts of emotion or action.

It doesn’t respond in anger to offenses committed against it.

Paul wasn’t talking about anger over sin and its terrible consequences.

That’s righteous indignation, which Christians are expected to have.

When Jesus drove the merchants and moneychangers out of the temple (John 2:14-15), He was genuinely angry because His Father’s house was being desecrated.

But He never reacted that way when He was personally attacked or maligned.

In the same way, it’s right for you to be angry when others are mistreated, when God is offended, or when His Word is misrepresented.

But love always bears up under personal attacks.

Such graciousness is foreign to our society, which teaches us to fight for our personal rights and retaliate when we don’t get what we think we deserve.

That has produced greedy and loveless people who want little more than personal success and comfort.

Anyone who dares to stand in their way is in danger of incurring their wrath.

As a Christian, you must resist such influences by focusing on your spiritual duty rather than your rights.

If you expect nothing from the world, you won’t be angered or disappointed when nothing comes.

Remember, God is the giver of every good and perfect gift (James 1:17).

So humble yourself before Him and He will exalt you at the proper time (James 4:10).

Prayer

Ask God for the grace to forgive those who wrong you.

Further Reading

According to Ephesians 4:26-27, how should you deal with anger?

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Daily Devotional “Giving Generously To The Lord”

Daily Devotional “Giving Generously To The Lord”
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August 23, 2023

 

“‘Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven’” (Matthew 6:20).

The believer is to be generous in his giving.

The early church was not interested in accumulating great wealth for itself.

In Acts 2, for example, thousands of pilgrims gathered in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost.

When Peter preached the gospel on that day, 3,000 persons became believers, and soon afterward thousands more were added to the church.

The pilgrims who became believers didn’t want to return to their former homes since they were now part of the church.

So the believers in Jerusalem had to absorb them.

Since many of the inhabitants were undoubtedly poor, the early church had to give to meet their needs.

As a result, believers “began selling their property and possessions, and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need” (Acts 2:45).

The early church illustrates what it means to lay up treasure in Heaven.

Like the early church, we are to lay up for ourselves treasure in Heaven (Matthew. 6:20).

What is our treasure in Heaven? In a broad sense it is “an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you” (1 Peter 1:4).

We could say that, above all, our treasure in Heaven is Christ.

In a specific sense, Jesus is referring in Matthew 6:20 to money, luxury, and wealth.

He is saying that to lay up treasure in Heaven is to be generous and ready to share the riches God has given to us, instead of hoarding and stockpiling them.

By being generous, you expose yourself to the full potential of all that eternal life can mean.

First Timothy 6:18-19 says you are “to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for [yourself] the treasure of a good foundation for the future.”

The more you send into Heaven, the greater the glory when you arrive.

The greater the investment, the greater the reward.

Make it your aim to invest for eternity, where you will never lose your reward.

Prayer

Ask the Lord to help you be generous toward others who are in need.

Further Reading

According to Galatians 6:10, to whom are we to do good?

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Daily Devotional “Keeping The Treasure Safe”

Daily Devotional “Keeping The Treasure Safe”
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August 22, 2023

 

“‘Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal’” (Matthew 6:19).

Heaven is the only safe place for treasure.

In the Orient during biblical times, wealth was basically preserved in three ways.

There was no paper, there were no bank books, there was nothing to match the kind of system we have.

Wealth was identified in literal commodities: garments, grain, and gold or precious metals.

Garments in the Bible were always an expression of wealth.

In Judges 14:12 Samson told the Philistines that if they could answer his riddle, he would give them “thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes.”

But there is one problem with garments—moths eat them.

Have you ever noticed that moths don’t eat what you wear, only what you store?

We tend to hoard, and a lot of our treasure is invested in our garments, waiting for moths to destroy them.

Grain was another source of wealth.

The rich fool said he would tear down his barns and build larger ones to store all his grain and goods (Luke 12:18).

In Matthew 6:19 the Greek word translated “rust” literally means “eating.”

The problem with grain is that mice, rats, worms, and vermin like to eat it.

The third commodity was gold or precious metal.

The problem with this one is, where can a person hide it?

He might keep it in his house, but a thief could break in and steal it.

Therefore, it was common to find a secret place in a field and in the dark of night dig a hole and bury it.

But thieves would lurk around at night and watch where men would bury their treasure, then later dig it up.

Nothing you own is completely safe from destruction or theft.

And even if you keep your possessions perfectly secure during your entire life, you are certainly separated from them at death.

That’s why Jesus said you should lay up treasures in Heaven “where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal” (v. 20).

What about you? Are you putting your treasure in a safe place?

Prayer

Thank the Lord for providing a secure and eternal place where you can invest for His glory.

Further Reading

Read James 5:1-3. What happened to the commodities there?

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