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OUR DAILY BREAD                     Friday, February  11, 1994 
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READ: Nahum 1:1-8

		"God's Moral Integrity"

	    The Lord avenges and is furious....  
	         The  Lord  is  good,...
	   and He knows those who trust in Him.
	   	    - Nahum 1:2,7

Bertrand Russell became an atheist after he read  the  words
of  Jesus  about  hell. He apparently wanted a God who would
never become angry or punish anyone. Dr.  Russell  certainly
wouldn't like today's scripture reading, which speaks of God
as one who "avenges and is furious."

Personally, I would have trouble  believing  in  a  god  who
never  became  angry  and didn't punish sin. Such a good God
would not be a good God.  What would you think, for example,
of  a  witness  to  a  brutal murder who felt no emotion and
remained indifferent  toward punishing the wrongdoer?  Would
you consider such a person a good person? Hardly!

God gives us a freewill and usually  doesn't  stop  us  from
carrying  out  our  wrong  choices.  But  He  does  hold  us
accountable, and he will judge us.

In Nahum's day,  the  Ninevites  were  a  cruel  people  who
committed  unbelievable  atrocities. But the prophet assured
the Israelites that God saw the wickedness of those  people,
was angered by it, and would just plain punish them.

I'm  thankful  that  God  possesses  that  kind   of   moral
integrity.  It  gives me reason to trust him to keep all his
promises, and it assures me  that  he  will  right  all  the
wrongs of history.

Author:  Herbert Vander Lugt

	Sometimes it seems that sin's ignored
        And evil has it's way;  
	But  don't  be  fooled,  
	God's eye's aren't closed; 
	He'll judge us all someday.    -Sper

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 
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God's  judgment  may not be immediate,
      but it is inevitable.

The Bible in One Year:  Leviticus 8-10


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