{"id":36623,"date":"2022-09-13T13:03:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/in-bible-it-says-to-choose-good-not-evil-blessings-not-curse-life-not-death-in-gods-sight-what-are-the-good-blessings-life-evil-curse-and-death-i-want-to-choose-what-god-loves\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:03:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:03:44","slug":"in-bible-it-says-to-choose-good-not-evil-blessings-not-curse-life-not-death-in-gods-sight-what-are-the-good-blessings-life-evil-curse-and-death-i-want-to-choose-what-god-loves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/in-bible-it-says-to-choose-good-not-evil-blessings-not-curse-life-not-death-in-gods-sight-what-are-the-good-blessings-life-evil-curse-and-death-i-want-to-choose-what-god-loves\/","title":{"rendered":"In Bible it says to choose good not evil; blessings not curse; life not death. In GOD&#039;S sight what are the good, blessings, life, evil, curse, and death? I want to choose what God loves."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>For every right principle, there is a corresponding wrong principle: truth and falsity, love and hatred, justice and injustice. We distinguish these principles as <strong>right and wrong<\/strong>. Discerning between these <strong>requires moral sense or conscience<\/strong>. Remember: man was created in God&rsquo;s image and His law was put in our hearts. Romans 2:15 (ESV), &ldquo;what the <strong>law requires is written on their (<em>Gentiles<\/em>) hearts<\/strong>, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them.&rdquo; However, mankind has <strong>hardened their consciences<\/strong> and we all need careful educating to understand God&rsquo;s wonderful laws.<\/p>\n<p>So, <strong>how <em>do<\/em> we educate ourselves<\/strong> to know right from wrong, life and death, blessing and cursing? The Apostle Paul told Timothy (2:15) &ldquo;Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.&rdquo; It is <strong>necessary to study the Bible<\/strong> to know God&rsquo;s will and learn how to apply His principles. The refining of these concepts in our minds will only come after we try to <strong>apply them in our life experiences<\/strong>. As imperfect men, we will certainly fail, but &ldquo;a just man falls seven times, and rises up again,&rdquo; Proverbs 24:16. So, <strong>don&rsquo;t give up! <\/strong>Our development is a life-long endeavor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Apostle Paul struggled valiantly to accomplish this goal. Romans 7:19-22 (RSV), &ldquo;For I do not do the good I want, but the <strong>evil I do not want is what I do<\/strong>. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For <strong>I delight in the law of God, in my inmost self.<\/strong>&rdquo; Paul&rsquo;s inner self delighted to serve God completely, but his <strong>flesh was weak<\/strong>. We struggle just as Paul did.<\/p>\n<p>How glad we are that we have a merciful Father who encourages us in Hebrews 4:16 to &ldquo;come <strong>boldly to the throne of grace<\/strong>, that we may obtain <strong>mercy<\/strong>, and find <strong>grace to help<\/strong> in time of need&rdquo;! We gain great comfort knowing &ldquo;For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin,&rdquo; Hebrews 4:15. <strong>Jesus understands and will always help us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For every right principle, there is a corresponding wrong principle: truth and falsity, love and hatred, justice and injustice. We distinguish these principles as right and wrong. Discerning between these requires moral sense or conscience. Remember: man was created in God&rsquo;s image and His law was put in our hearts. Romans 2:15 (ESV), &ldquo;what the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/in-bible-it-says-to-choose-good-not-evil-blessings-not-curse-life-not-death-in-gods-sight-what-are-the-good-blessings-life-evil-curse-and-death-i-want-to-choose-what-god-loves\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;In Bible it says to choose good not evil; blessings not curse; life not death. In GOD&#039;S sight what are the good, blessings, life, evil, curse, and death? I want to choose what God loves.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}