JUNE 17 & 18, 2023 – Obviously Artificial

 June 17 & 18, 2023
 June 17 – Daily Reading – 1 Chron. 12-14 / John 19:1-30
 June 18 – NO READING

 

 GOD’S WORD:

1 Chronicles 14:12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.

 

 GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

        Have you seen some of the new artificial plants today. I mean, you must get really close, and sometimes even touch them to find out if they are real or fake. There are a lot of really good imitations of things today that will fool you. There are imitation security cameras that are not real but have blinking red lights on them to look real. Merchant in the food industry display imitation food items that look real but are made of non-perishable materials. Some imitations are even better than the original. There is a fabric called Faux leather that many times looks and feels very much like real leather. However, it is a breathable fabric that does not get hot or cold as the temperature changes and is said to outlast leather for wear.

 

        Sometimes imitations may be better than the original, but not when it applies to God. In 1 Chronicles 14:12 it says, “And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.” It should have been obvious that these were artificial, fake gods. For one thing it says they left their gods behind. Who wants a god that can be left behind? Then, just as obvious is the fact that these artificial gods they left behind, also forsook them as they ran off. It is just as well. These phonies obviously did them no good when faced with the one real true GOD. These are obviously artificial gods. The sad truth is, later they ran back to them again.  

 

 GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

        I like what it says in Hebrews 13:5 about our God when it says, “…for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” I cannot run away from Him, and He has promised not to ever leave me. That is my God.

 

Doesn’t that just bring peace to your heart to know?

 

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:

        When given a choice in life, it is said you have alternatives. However, when it comes to a Savior and Lord, the one true God is our ONLY ALTERNATIVE. As we saw this week in:

 ● Original Ancestry.God
 ● Orderly Accounting
 ● Ordained Arrangement
 ● Outright Amazing
 ● Obtaining Answers
 ● Obviously Artificial

      The one Creator God is truly our ONLY ALTERNATIVE in life. Choosing anything else as your god, is having no god at all.

       Enjoy today with your church and hear what God has prepared in the heart of His man for you this week.

   See you tomorrow.  

 

 SUNDAYS:

       Today we suggest you read and study whatever the Lord has laid on your Pastors heart. Whatever scripture he uses for today’s messages were given to him by God for your specific needs.

June 19, 2023	1 Chron. 15-16	John 19:31-42
June 20, 2023	1 Chron. 17-19	John 20
June 21, 2023	1 Chron. 20-22	John 21
June 22, 2023	1 Chron. 23-25	Acts 1
June 23, 2023	1 Chron. 26-27	Acts 2:1-36
June 24, 2023	1 Chron. 28-29	Acts 2:37-47
June 25, 2023	No Passages Assigned

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