…but god… Episode 151

May 26

1 Peter 3: 10-12

Transcript

“For, “The one who desires life, to love and see good days, Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. “He must turn away from evil and do good; He must seek peace and pursue it. “For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears attend to their prayer, But the face of the Lord is against evildoers.”

1 Peter 3:10-12 NASB2020

We are by no means saved by good deeds. However, we are always a representation of God as followers of Christ and therefore, we must seek to do good because it is what God calls us to do as His followers:

“With what shall I come to the Lord And bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves? Does the Lord take pleasure in thousands of rams, In ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give Him my firstborn for my wrongdoings, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has told you, mortal one, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:6-8

This is what Peter is extolling, and encouraging us to do. Seek Him first and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto us.

This is what all the prophets were guiding us to, that we seek God first, through Christ. Now that we have the power of God in us, through the power of the Holy Spirit, it should be easier to do. Therefore, let us not get distracted by the things of this world, but be focused on the eternal through the power of God in Us.

Lord we praise and worship your Holy and Awesome name. Thank you for the sacrifice on the cross that gave us forgiveness forever. Thank you for conquering death so that we may have eternal life with You. Thank you for leaving us your Holy Spirit in us. Help us to continually rely on the Power of the Holy Spirit so that we may always glorify you. We pray all this in Jesus Name Amen…

Shalom, Shalom blessings. Press On and Press In!

Hosted by Chad McBeam

Aaron Marcarelli

After getting his under-graduate degree from Cal State University San Bernardino where he played college baseball and received all American honors. he was a graduate assistant baseball coach at both Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. He received his master’s degree in Teaching from Whitworth, with plans to someday be a head baseball coach at a university. However, God had other plans. Aaron started teaching English and History and coaching baseball and other sports at the high school level and found out how much he loves high school kids, and he has been doing that for the past 27 years. Personally, heI has been married to his wife Sharon for 32 years, they have one daughter, Amanda Parrish, who has been married to Austin Parrish for 2 years. Aaron also has two grandsons Travis age 2 ½ and Aden who is 13 months and are blessed to have another on the way due in May. Aaron loves reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife and grandkids.

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