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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Never Alone (Part 1)

Never alone.   "Let your conduct be without covetousness, and be content with such things that you have, for he has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you,' so that we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me." (Hebrews 13:5-6) (emphasis mine)
The original Greek is almost impossible to translate because it is so emphatic that it contains a triple negative in its insistence that God will never leave us.
(Many, if not most, of us have probably been in physical need at some time. All of us are in spiritual need, and will remain that way as long as we live in this body of flesh with its carnal nature, its lusts, phobias, hatreds, jealousies and myriad other sinful proclivities. But God does not abandon us. Never.
We can always trust in him to be there for us, no matter how hard and how far we fall. The word "never" in this passage is from "ou me", in Greek what is known as an
emphatic negative . In other words, "never" means just that! Never!) 
What part of never did you not understand, He had to forsake Christ for our sins and because of the blood of Christ paying for our sins. He has promised to be there always.  Scripture often refers to our relationship with God as being like a marriage. The way our society has perverted marriage into a disposable item robs us of the security that concept was divinely intended to portray.
The Almighty was no fallible human bridegroom when he entered this “marriage covenant,” promising you undying love and commitment. He was not wavering in love nor oblivious to all the troubles ahead nor too weak to follow through on an eternal commitment. 



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