Considering Origin!

We get involved in doing lots of things that become our own personal actions that are not at all original with us. When we recognize who started something it can aid us in maintaining a proper perspective of it. Whose ideology or thinking is truly the basis of our actions?

Speaking to some Jews, Jesus charged…
“You are of your father THE DEVIL, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TRUTH, because there is no truth in him. When HE LIES, he speaks out of his own character, for HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES.” ( John 8:44 ESV)

Someone has well said, “Lying appears more repulsive when we consider who began it.” [source: “sentence sermons”] We should take that to heart! Besides it being wrong, that is good reason to not allow it to be a part of our life. We should in no way desire to associate the character of our life with the devil. May it remain repulsive to us.

On the other hand John noted…
“(16) So we have come to know and to believe the LOVE THAT GOD HAS FOR US. GOD IS LOVE, and whoever abides in LOVE abides in God, and God abides in him. … (19) We love because HE FIRST LOVED US.” ( 1 John 4:16 & 19 ESV)

Would we not say that LOVE becomes more BEAUTIFUL when we consider it was God Who began it? Lying and LOVING may begin with the same letter, but the two are worlds apart in action and origin. The character of our life ought to be fully associated with the One Who created us in His image ( Genesis 1:27), has provided the means of restoring that godly essence ( 2 Corinthians 3:18), and has made it possible for us to become “partakers of the divine nature.” ( 2 Peter 1:4) May what originated in the mind of God for us as His creation become more and more evident in our lives.

Have a great day WITH A GODLY ESSENCE EXISTING IN AND EMITTING FROM US!
Carl

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