Stop striving!

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Groundwork.

Man, and, his, are used frequently in this post to refer to mankind.

I believe God's word is infallible.   2 Tim 3:16. "All scripture is God breathed."  My church may teach something different.  I may disagree with God.  But in the end, His Word stands.

It is impossible for God to tell a lie.  Hebrews 6:18.  If I believe scripture is saying two opposite things, then I have misunderstood scripture or it was poorly translated/transcribed.

Now to today's post.

In Genesis 6:3  We read:  "And Jehovah said, My Spirt will not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; so his days will be one hundred and twenty years."

What does it mean My Spirit will not strive?

At this point in time right before the Great Flood God was truly disappointed in the humans He had created.

Genesis 6:6. "And God repented (was sorry) that He had created man on the earth and it grieved Him in His heart."

Here God had created us (humans) and put His Spirit in us, just to see that people had for the most part rejected Him and His guidance.  There were  a few exceptions: Abel, Enoch, Noah as we are told about.  But, things were really grim. 

So Gen 6:3 says that God is going to withdraw His Spirit from man and limit each one the number of years he can live.

But thankfully God did not stop working there.  He prepared the way for His Son to enter the world and save man from this miserable predicament. 

Jesus came, lived, taught, died, rose, and ascended on High all for us to be able to regain God's Spirit within us.  Praise God!

We do not strive for that privilege  however, the striving has ALL been done by Jesus the Christ.

In addition we do not strive for:

Faith - faith is from God

Calling - God calls us

Salvation - From God

Gift of the Holy Spirit - God

Deliverance from sinning - All God

Growth in righteousness - you guessed it. From God.

We can recover God's Holy Spirit to work (strive) in us IF we repent of our sins and believe into the Lord Jesus and follow Him.

God wanted to lead us and guide us from the beginning.  That desire is still there today.  The offer is on the table.  Don't miss out!

Sometimes not striving is harder than  striving.  

If you have not received Christ as your Savior, you can do that today.  Pray a prayer to God and repent of your sins which have separated you from Him, and believe into the saving grace of Jesus Christ.  Jesus is the ONLY way to make things right with God.

Karla

*  Scripture is clear that as a woman I cannot teach or have  authority over any man.

I am thankful to Bible teachers, especially my husband Dale, who have helped me understand God's Word better. Karla