BBD 04.28.16 Just Slipping By (New)

#1 · April 28, 2016, 12:12 pm

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1727^th

Burning Bush Devotional

28 April 2016

Just Slipping By

Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am
the door of the sheep. All who ever
came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the
door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find
pasture. – John 10:7-9 NKJV.

He who believes in Him (Jesus) 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. 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. – John 3:18-19 NKJV.

A man in New
Jersey has been sliding by, avoiding payment of the New Jersey EZ Pass toll. He
has slipped by some 200 times owing some $12,000 in tolls. He was able to avoid
payment for so long in part by not having a front license plate on his Mercedes
Benz. The missing license plate was what led to an officer stopping Joe’s
vehicle and discovering not only did Joe P. owe for the tolls, but he also had a
suspended driver’s license. Now, it is time for Joe to pay up, because he has
been arrested and his Benz has been impounded. It is now likely that he will
have to pay far more than the $12,000. It took a while, but Joe is no longer
slipping by. (Various News Venues 04.27.16)

I wonder how
many years Joe had been slipping by without paying his tolls? I remember the
first time I was on a new toll road and I thought I had enough money to pay the
toll at the automated toll booth. However, the toll was 25 cents or more than I
had, but there was no way to turn around at that point. I knew there was a
large fine for failure to pay, and wasn’t sure what to do. I finally saw a
phone number on the booth and called it to locate where I could go and pay.
When I left the booth, I drove directly to where the toll office was located
and paid the $1.35, or whatever it was then that I owed. I can’t even begin to
imagine having failed to pay the toll 200 or more times! I have a PikePass now,
which automatically pays the toll.

Spiritually,
there are many who believe they can slip by. They think they can live without
God, and do a few good deeds that will outweigh the bad they have done, and
slip into Heaven. Then, there are others who think they will slip into Heaven,
because God is good, and how can a good God send anyone to Hell? God is more
than good, holy, and righteous in that He has provided us with a way to have salvation
through Jesus Christ’s sinless once for all sacrifice (Hebrews
9:12) on the cross. God does not send anyone to Hell, it is the
rejection of Jesus Christ that will send a person to Hell, because they condemn
themselves (John 3:18-19).

There is only
one way to Heaven as Jesus says clearly in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” There is only one way to Heaven, and that is
through Jesus Christ! Jesus is the door through which entry is made into
eternal life as He says in John 10:9, “I am the door.
If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find
pasture.” The Bible is clear about the spiritual fact that there is
no slipping by, no slipping into Heaven.

Copyright © 2016. 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 websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

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Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
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Requests:
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Hall, Reta (my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s sister). Please also pray for Max
Boothe, Nathan Reed, Brent Baker, and Tommy Merrell.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. 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.).

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1727^th

Burning Bush Devotional

28 April 2016

Just Slipping By

Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am
the door of the sheep. All who ever
came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the
door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find
pasture. – John 10:7-9 NKJV.

He who believes in Him (Jesus) 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. 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. – John 3:18-19 NKJV.

A man in New
Jersey has been sliding by, avoiding payment of the New Jersey EZ Pass toll. He
has slipped by some 200 times owing some $12,000 in tolls. He was able to avoid
payment for so long in part by not having a front license plate on his Mercedes
Benz. The missing license plate was what led to an officer stopping Joe’s
vehicle and discovering not only did Joe P. owe for the tolls, but he also had a
suspended driver’s license. Now, it is time for Joe to pay up, because he has
been arrested and his Benz has been impounded. It is now likely that he will
have to pay far more than the $12,000. It took a while, but Joe is no longer
slipping by. (Various News Venues 04.27.16)

I wonder how
many years Joe had been slipping by without paying his tolls? I remember the
first time I was on a new toll road and I thought I had enough money to pay the
toll at the automated toll booth. However, the toll was 25 cents or more than I
had, but there was no way to turn around at that point. I knew there was a
large fine for failure to pay, and wasn’t sure what to do. I finally saw a
phone number on the booth and called it to locate where I could go and pay.
When I left the booth, I drove directly to where the toll office was located
and paid the $1.35, or whatever it was then that I owed. I can’t even begin to
imagine having failed to pay the toll 200 or more times! I have a PikePass now,
which automatically pays the toll.

Spiritually,
there are many who believe they can slip by. They think they can live without
God, and do a few good deeds that will outweigh the bad they have done, and
slip into Heaven. Then, there are others who think they will slip into Heaven,
because God is good, and how can a good God send anyone to Hell? God is more
than good, holy, and righteous in that He has provided us with a way to have salvation
through Jesus Christ’s sinless once for all sacrifice (Hebrews
9:12) on the cross. God does not send anyone to Hell, it is the
rejection of Jesus Christ that will send a person to Hell, because they condemn
themselves (John 3:18-19).

There is only
one way to Heaven as Jesus says clearly in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” There is only one way to Heaven, and that is
through Jesus Christ! Jesus is the door through which entry is made into
eternal life as He says in John 10:9, “I am the door.
If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find
pasture.” The Bible is clear about the spiritual fact that there is
no slipping by, no slipping into Heaven.

Copyright © 2016. 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 websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

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.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle Abetz, Shane
Hall, Reta (my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s sister). Please also pray for Max
Boothe, Nathan Reed, Brent Baker, and Tommy Merrell.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. 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.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

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
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