{"id":3527,"date":"2014-06-26T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2014-06-28T20:53:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T00:53:47","slug":"3527","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=3527","title":{"rendered":"Camp Kiski Valley – Day Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hebrews 3:4-6<\/em>
\nFor every house is built by someone, but He who built all things\u00a0is\u00a0God. And Moses indeed\u00a0was\u00a0faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken\u00a0afterward,\u00a0but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I understand where you’re coming from, Caleb. \u00a0We talked about that last evening, remember? \u00a0Sin is doing things we know we should not do, like when we disobey our parents, or they tell us to do something, but we do it without much effort, like we don’t even care, and do a poor job. \u00a0That’s about the same as not doing it in the first place. Or, as Counselor Leanne told us last night, sin is not only doing things we know we should not do, it’s also NOT doing things we know we should do, like cleaning up our room, without being told twenty times to do it. Basically, sin is who we are, not what we do or don’t do. Well, I was up late last night thinking about it all. \u00a0I couldn’t sleep. \u00a0I thought about how much God has done for us, rescuing us from Egypt where we were slaves, pulling back the waters of the Red Sea, so we could escape from Pharaoh and his army, providing food for us in the wilderness. \u00a0One miracle after another. \u00a0And yet, despite all of that, what did we do? \u00a0A party with a golden statue. \u00a0A golden cow. Falling down and worshiping a statue? Oh God, I prayed, I feel like a failure. \u00a0I blame myself. \u00a0I know in my heart I’m a sinner too. \u00a0I realize there’s no way I can show these kids how much you love them—not really; there’s no way I can show them the awful life-wrecking consequences of sin.<\/p>\n

And as I prayed, it was as if God showed me something that was so real to me, it was like it had already happened. \u00a0And I want to share it with you. \u00a0The good news. \u00a0Great news in fact.\u00a0 God has a way to show you and me His great love for us AND the very awful consequences of our sin.<\/p>\n

When I reread the story about Adam and Eve, right there it was. \u00a0Maybe I missed it before. \u00a0God made a promise to Adam & Eve, to reassure them that He would provide a solution to the sin problem. In fact, the solution is older than the problem. \u00a0God Himself is the solution. \u00a0It was as if God said to me, “Moses, you can’t do it. \u00a0I’ll do it.” \u00a0What did He mean by that, I thought to myself. \u00a0And then it all became clear, and as I said, so clear it was like it had already happened.<\/p>\n

The God of the universe became a man, one of us, in the man Jesus Christ. \u00a0The same one who created it all. \u00a0The same God who used to walk in the garden before Adam & Eve walked away. \u00a0But He didn’t let go. \u00a0God became a man, like you and me, but without sin, to die a horrible death for all of us. \u00a0Upon a cross. \u00a0He somehow took upon Himself our sinful rebellion, even though He was innocent. \u00a0In that way He showed us both His love and the awful consequences of our sin. \u00a0All at the same time.<\/p>\n

This holy, loving, kind and good God wants to be your God, throughout your whole life’s journey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hebrews 3:4-6 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things\u00a0is\u00a0God. And Moses indeed\u00a0was\u00a0faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken\u00a0afterward,\u00a0but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the … <\/p>\n

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