Today's encouragement comes from 1 Timothy 4:4 & 5, where we read these words:
"For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is receiv-ed with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer."For the Christ-lovers in the Spirit-filled church, nothing that God created can can be, or is, bad. For those outside the saving faith of the Lord Jesus Christ, everything God made might be twisted to evil ends. God would have *His* children enjoy *everything* He has created—so long as we do not make idols of those things.
Hyper-religion, and human religion seeks to "out-God" God, by commanding things of people that the Lord Himself does not prohibit. Let us be concerned to live in the grace of Jesus, and to obey God's *real* commandments; with-out being disturbed by the hypocrisy of false religion.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Love knows that the least evils are contrary to the greatest good.” —Thomas Brooks, in, "Heaven on Earth"]
