BBD 09.30.21 The Good News and the Bad News (Classic)

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Classic from 1998

The Burning Bush Devotional

30 September 2021

The Bad News and the Good News

For all
have sinned and come short of the glory of God. - Romans 3:23 NKJV.

Before
we can have salvation, we must first realize our need for a Savior. Before we
can be forgiven of our sins, we must first realize that we have sinned.

One of
my first experiences with sin that I remember was when I was four or five years
old. My mother had brought us with her to do the shopping and I noticed a large
glass bowl full of small knives. These knives were shiny and glittery. The
green one was the one that I wanted. But it cost five cents and I didn't have
five cents and I knew my mother wouldn't give me the money. So, I reached into
the bowl and took the green knife. I was a thief. I knew it was wrong, but I
did it anyway. It was definitely sin.

Usually,
I can tell that story to a group of people and ask them if they have ever
stolen anything and most will hold up their hand. I can then ask if they have
ever disobeyed their parents and usually the rest will hold up their hands. Or,
have they ever cheated, or lied, or deceived anyone?

I was a
Christian, but I still remember having a discussion with a man working with me
early in my Christian life. In this discussion I came to realize that it wasn't
just the things that I did or didn't do that could be sin. I suddenly realized
that I could sin through my thoughts. Taking those thoughts captive (2 Corinthians 10:5) was not
an easy thing to do. At that point there was clearly a war raging between my
old nature and my new nature.

Most of
us can agree that we have sinned, and if we have sinned, we need a Savior
because the apostle Paul also tells us in Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death...." I'm glad that Paul goes on to tell us in Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved."

Have
you sinned? Have you called upon the name of the Lord? Do you know someone else
that needs a Savior? Why not let them in on the Good News? I wish I had heard
about it when I was a little boy with a green knife in my pocket.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops wherever they may be and help for
Americans and others who have been left behind and those who are fearing for
their lives there in that place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for those
affected by the hurricanes!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy
and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke;
Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins;
Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist
Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

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Classic from 1998

The Burning Bush Devotional

30 September 2021

The Bad News and the Good News

For all
have sinned and come short of the glory of God. - Romans 3:23 NKJV.

Before
we can have salvation, we must first realize our need for a Savior. Before we
can be forgiven of our sins, we must first realize that we have sinned.

One of
my first experiences with sin that I remember was when I was four or five years
old. My mother had brought us with her to do the shopping and I noticed a large
glass bowl full of small knives. These knives were shiny and glittery. The
green one was the one that I wanted. But it cost five cents and I didn't have
five cents and I knew my mother wouldn't give me the money. So, I reached into
the bowl and took the green knife. I was a thief. I knew it was wrong, but I
did it anyway. It was definitely sin.

Usually,
I can tell that story to a group of people and ask them if they have ever
stolen anything and most will hold up their hand. I can then ask if they have
ever disobeyed their parents and usually the rest will hold up their hands. Or,
have they ever cheated, or lied, or deceived anyone?

I was a
Christian, but I still remember having a discussion with a man working with me
early in my Christian life. In this discussion I came to realize that it wasn't
just the things that I did or didn't do that could be sin. I suddenly realized
that I could sin through my thoughts. Taking those thoughts captive (2 Corinthians 10:5) was not
an easy thing to do. At that point there was clearly a war raging between my
old nature and my new nature.

Most of
us can agree that we have sinned, and if we have sinned, we need a Savior
because the apostle Paul also tells us in Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death...." I'm glad that Paul goes on to tell us in Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved."

Have
you sinned? Have you called upon the name of the Lord? Do you know someone else
that needs a Savior? Why not let them in on the Good News? I wish I had heard
about it when I was a little boy with a green knife in my pocket.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops wherever they may be and help for
Americans and others who have been left behind and those who are fearing for
their lives there in that place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for those
affected by the hurricanes!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy
and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke;
Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins;
Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist
Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by sending
a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by
sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org