WEDNESDAY, May 28th, 2008

Well, Well, Here we are again. I want to let each of you know how thankful I am and how Honored I am that you come on this blog to read the Word of God, and read a few of my thoughts and apply them to your life. Yesterday was a great day! All of your devotions were well thought out, and very applicable! Keep up the great work! See you Tonight! It will be CRAZY fun!

A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Brooke: You sure have been in a typative mood lately! Ha! Get it?? Typative... (talkative) ok, nm.
Tyler: Great Job on the devotions man! Those were some wise words!
Jill: Good question: It reminds me of when I was in High School, there were many many people who believed that Christ would come back in the year 2000. He didnt. Chreck out Matthew 25:13. It makes it clear that NO MAN know when Christ shall return!
Jessica: I am glad that you understand that God loves you more than YOUR DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!! unbelievable.
Jonathan: Ha! I hope that you dont really say that to your teacher!
Olivia: Hey girl! Good to see you! Yes we do this everyday, and it has become a great way for us to stay in touch and stay in the Word of God.

John 3:17-21
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

This is such a great passage. God did not send Jesus into the world to condemn the world. Condemn means to judge or to rebuke. So Jesus did not come to judge us or to rebuke us. Jesus came to DIE for us. So many people want nothing to do with church, because they think that church just makes them feell bad for what they do. You have often heard me say that it is not Gods desire for us to feel bad: God simply wants us to experience that conviction to help us change. Jesus did not come to condemn, he came to love, and to show love by being the sacrifice for our sins.

We often think that we as christians have "some right" to judge people, or to condemn others. We Do Not! If Jesus, who had EVERY RIGHT to condemn, did not, then we have NO RIGHT to condemn others. We should do as Christ, and Love them to the truth!

Now... let me be clear, the Bible is clear that we are to hold our christian brethren accountable, and confront them in their sin, but we are not to think more highly of ourselves, and think lower of others because of what they are going through. We just need to confront them in love.

Now, on to the rest of the passage. I think it is so cool to read about the illustration of light and darkness. Have you ever noticed how it is so much easier to sin in the dark, than it is in the light? Weird Huh? Well, the reason is because we know what we are doing is wrong and we dont want people to see it! So we can hide it better in the dark.

That is why man loves Darkness more than light. However, we know that when we are in the light, we can see who we really are and adress it. We can change who we are if we can see who we are by the light.

One last thought. What is darkness...? The absense of light. Think about it. What is more powerful? Light? or Darkness? Light is, because where there is light, there is no darkness. When we have a flash light, it pushes out all the darkness.

When we have Christ, the light of the world, He pushes the darkenss out of our hearts as well!!

SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!