BBD 07.20.17 Jesus Wouldn't Approve (Classic)

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Classic from 2010

Burning Bush Devotional

20 July 2017

Jesus
Wouldn’t Approve

Do not
think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy
but to fulfill. - Matthew 5:17 NKJV.

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall
it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled
underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill
cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a
lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine
before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in
heaven. - Matthew 5:13-16 NKJV.

And let us consider one another in
order to stir up (spur one another – NIV; provoke – KJV) love and good works. – Hebrews 10:24 NKJV

Nayara Gonclaves did what many people would not do; she tried to talk a
robber out of his robbery. 37-year-old Israel Camancho walked into the cell
phone store which Nayara managed and pulled out a pistol demanding money. Nayara told
Camancho that Jesus “wouldn't approve” of his
robbing. Camancho claimed that he was a Christian, but that he was out of work.
Nayara told him that she would try to put him into contact with friends who
would help him find work. As Camancho left the store without the money Nayara told
him, “You know you don't need to do that. You know Jesus. He can help
you!”

Apparently, Camancho had second thoughts because a couple of hours later he
walked into a shoe store a few miles away and again demanded money at the point
of a gun. This time no one tried to talk him out of it. He was identified by
the store surveillance video and arrested two days later. Police officials said
that Camancho had begun his criminal career back in 1988, and has been in and
out of jail since then.

There are many things that we know Jesus wouldn't approve of, and robbery is
one of them, because commandment number eight of the Ten Commandments (Exodus
20:1-20) says, “You shall not steal.” We know
that Jesus wouldn't approve of murdering someone because commandment number six
says, “You shall not murder.” We know that Jesus wouldn't
approve of sex outside of marriage because commandment number seven says, “You shall
not commit adultery.”

In our
tolerant society, it has become something of a taboo to tell anyone that they
shouldn't do anything, because that is being judgmental; because that is being hypocritical.
However, I can remember a few times when people have stepped up and told me
that a Christian wouldn't do what I was doing. I am thankful for them. Nayara
should be commended for not only being the "salt" that
Jesus commands us to be but for doing so in a very difficult situation. We
should “consider one another” as Hebrews
10:24 says and “provoke, stir up, or spur on” each other to do the right
thing.

Have Christians in our society bowed down to the worldly pressure to never
be critical of any behavior? Have we lost our salty flavor? What if every time
someone did something they knew they shouldn't do that someone would say to
them, “Jesus wouldn't approve of that”? If you
knew every time you sinned you were going to be confronted about your sin it
would be a major discouragement from going forward with the sinful activity. Of
course, some people would lash out at the Christians, who had the nerve to say
anything about anything, but it looks to me like Jesus wouldn't approve of our
never saying anything about anything.

Are we going to be the salt and light of the world or not? The time is here,
the time is now, to live the Christian life like we know it ought to be lived.

(In case you didn't notice, yesterday's devotional had the wrong title. Instead of "Fear Not" it should have been "The Right Diet." I changed my mind about which devotional to send, but forgot to change the title.)

Copyright © 2010 - 2017. 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
19 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 12,000
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

Books now available at the Burning Bush website:

New Pastor's
Training Manual

Biblical Help for
Overcoming Substance Abuse

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Sexual Addictions In Times of
Trouble - Devotionals to Encourage and Strengthen You (Also available for
download on Amazon.)

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 continue to pray for
healing for Pastor Shane Hall, Michelle Abetz, Wesley Lewis, Brandy, Brad,
Damon D. & wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Brent Baker, Lexi McCalip, Gary
Kirk, and Jeanie.

Please also pray for Aleesha
McMillan.

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. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
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.

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ministry by using this link: www.paypal.me/EdWrather

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Classic from 2010

Burning Bush Devotional

20 July 2017

Jesus
Wouldn’t Approve

Do not
think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy
but to fulfill. - Matthew 5:17 NKJV.

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall
it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled
underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill
cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a
lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine
before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in
heaven. - Matthew 5:13-16 NKJV.

And let us consider one another in
order to stir up (spur one another – NIV; provoke – KJV) love and good works. – Hebrews 10:24 NKJV

Nayara Gonclaves did what many people would not do; she tried to talk a
robber out of his robbery. 37-year-old Israel Camancho walked into the cell
phone store which Nayara managed and pulled out a pistol demanding money. Nayara told
Camancho that Jesus “wouldn't approve” of his
robbing. Camancho claimed that he was a Christian, but that he was out of work.
Nayara told him that she would try to put him into contact with friends who
would help him find work. As Camancho left the store without the money Nayara told
him, “You know you don't need to do that. You know Jesus. He can help
you!”

Apparently, Camancho had second thoughts because a couple of hours later he
walked into a shoe store a few miles away and again demanded money at the point
of a gun. This time no one tried to talk him out of it. He was identified by
the store surveillance video and arrested two days later. Police officials said
that Camancho had begun his criminal career back in 1988, and has been in and
out of jail since then.

There are many things that we know Jesus wouldn't approve of, and robbery is
one of them, because commandment number eight of the Ten Commandments (Exodus
20:1-20) says, “You shall not steal.” We know
that Jesus wouldn't approve of murdering someone because commandment number six
says, “You shall not murder.” We know that Jesus wouldn't
approve of sex outside of marriage because commandment number seven says, “You shall
not commit adultery.”

In our
tolerant society, it has become something of a taboo to tell anyone that they
shouldn't do anything, because that is being judgmental; because that is being hypocritical.
However, I can remember a few times when people have stepped up and told me
that a Christian wouldn't do what I was doing. I am thankful for them. Nayara
should be commended for not only being the "salt" that
Jesus commands us to be but for doing so in a very difficult situation. We
should “consider one another” as Hebrews
10:24 says and “provoke, stir up, or spur on” each other to do the right
thing.

Have Christians in our society bowed down to the worldly pressure to never
be critical of any behavior? Have we lost our salty flavor? What if every time
someone did something they knew they shouldn't do that someone would say to
them, “Jesus wouldn't approve of that”? If you
knew every time you sinned you were going to be confronted about your sin it
would be a major discouragement from going forward with the sinful activity. Of
course, some people would lash out at the Christians, who had the nerve to say
anything about anything, but it looks to me like Jesus wouldn't approve of our
never saying anything about anything.

Are we going to be the salt and light of the world or not? The time is here,
the time is now, to live the Christian life like we know it ought to be lived.

(In case you didn't notice, yesterday's devotional had the wrong title. Instead of "Fear Not" it should have been "The Right Diet." I changed my mind about which devotional to send, but forgot to change the title.)

Copyright © 2010 - 2017. 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
19 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 12,000
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

Books now available at the Burning Bush website:

New Pastor's
Training Manual

Biblical Help for
Overcoming Substance Abuse

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Sexual Addictions In Times of
Trouble - Devotionals to Encourage and Strengthen You (Also available for
download on Amazon.)

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 continue to pray for
healing for Pastor Shane Hall, Michelle Abetz, Wesley Lewis, Brandy, Brad,
Damon D. & wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Brent Baker, Lexi McCalip, Gary
Kirk, and Jeanie.

Please also pray for Aleesha
McMillan.

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. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
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.

You can help support this
ministry by using this link: http://www.paypal.me/EdWrather

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

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