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The Bible says God created people in his image, to love him. Yet every person has rebelled against God and sinned. Yet instead of turning his back on us, God became a man, Jesus, who most scholars believe was born about the year 4 BC and lived among us. He taught a message of love throughout Palestine but public opinion turned against him and he was executed as a young man.
He died because of us - the death that we should have died. He was crucified on a cross, but he rose from the dead, and now calls us to trust him, to love him and to repent of our rebellion. If we do this, then we our relationship with God becomes restored and we will live forever with God.
Many non-Christians may think that being a Christian is about belonging to a particular church or following a certain set of rule. Most Christians however would agree that at its root, being a Christian means to be in a living relationship with Jesus.
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March, 18 - Daily Devotions
March Scripture Portion for Bible Commentary Deuteronomy 25 - 1 Samuel 29 including the books of Book of Joshua, Judges and Ruth
Today's reading faithfully catalogs the horrible results of departure from God. Adopting Canaanite ways, Israel sank into the cesspool of Canaanite violence and immorality. The crime of the Benjaminites of Gibeah shows that the city had sunk to the level of Sodom.
Israelite chiefs gathered at Mizpeh to decide what course of action they should take following the deeds of lust and violence. They determined to punish the guilty persons by death; but the Benjaminites refused to surrender the criminals and a horrible war ensued in which thousands perished. A tragic harvest was reaped! The guilty tribe was almost wiped out.
The inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead were smitten, and the virgins left were given as wives to the remnant of Benjamin. Benjamin was restored as a tribe and additional wives were supplied from the dancers at the annual festival at Shiloh. Judges ends with the notation of the lawlessness of the era, so fully illustrated by the book itself.
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