Do you believe that God exists? I think I know the answer you'd give... so let me ask you another question, "Do you live like He exists?"
Suppose I invited you to my house for dinner. You knock on my door, I open it and you walk in but without saying a word or making eye contact. You sit on my couch and eat my chips and salsa that I put out and drink my cold Dr. Pepper that I bought from the store, but you just talk amongst yourselves without saying a word to me. You eat at my dining table on my plates, with my fork and knife the amazing steak that I just cooked for you but all without a thank you...and what if someone asks you, "Do you know Halim?" You answer, "Yea..." but all without acknowledging the fact that I'm sitting next to you. Do you see the lunacy of it all?
But the vast majority of people who say they believe in God, including you and me, treat Him this way. He is like oxygen...you couldn't live a moment without Him, but there are no thoughts given to oxygen. He is KEEP READING
As we have been preaching through the practice of honoring the Sabbath, I have been thinking about why it is that so many believers treat this commandment as "optional." Why do we say to ourselves, "Remember the Sabbath... sounds nice, God. Maybe I'll work it into my schedule next week"? We don't do that with the other commandments. Can you imagine? "Do not murder... that's a KEEP READING