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Can I bill God?
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Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
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August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance,
One of the scams happening is you get a bill via email that says you need to pay your bill for your anti virus provider… which is kind of funny that a scammer is scamming you pretend to help you not get scammed… But kind of do the same thing in our spiritual walk.
Romans 9:30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.
Think of it… God paid the bill, and the jews still send him a bill…. What do I mean exactly?
Same salvation for both Jews and Gentiles… but we go after it different ways. The Jews tried to earn it through the law… Gentiles had to receive it by faith…
WE still tend to receive it and then add our own law… but this verse says.. you can’t bill God. You can’t send God a bill saying… hey I did this, I did this, Im good, Im better than most, so you need to give me this….
The Jews tried to please God by pleasing God… I know right.But thats the truth. They failed to realize that you cannot obtain right standing with God by what you do…
Yes we hear a lot about right standing with God.. yes we need to pursue this… but not by our own efforts… but rather by acknowledging to God that we cannot do it without him.
So what pleases God? Choosing to rely on him in order to please him.
How do you live a sinless life?
How do you heal people?
How do you not lust?
How do you not be greedy?
How do you respond in love to those who hurt you?
You don’t earn it.
You can’t send him a bill showing him how well you have behaved….
BUT YOU CAN SEND HIM A BILL MARKED PAID… of course he is the one who paid it with his own blood, but it is as good as paid if you trust that he paid it.
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