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Monday... Yes, we can know this and believe it.


Psalm 100:3 (MSG), "Know this: God is God, and God God. He made us; we didn't make him. We're his people, his well-tended sheep."

Monday, Yes, we can know this and believe it.

There is an important beginning fact that we must know, really know and believe if we are to have a relationship with God.  Psalm 100:3 (MSG) says, "Know this: God is God, and God God. He made us; we didn't make him. We're his people, his well-tended sheep."


The NLT says, "Acknowledge that the Lord is God!" And the Amplified Bible says, "Know and fully recognize that the Lord Himself is God."

We must fully know this fact. Yes we must. I mean, how can we fully trust and believe in a liar, someone who stretches the truth? 

Over in Matthew 4:1 (NLT) it says, "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil." The Message says, "Next Jesus was taken into the wild by the Spirit for the Test." 

Now there were three different temptations, three Tests by the Devil that Jesus had to respond to and the third one was the acknowledge, the know and fully recognize test. Verses 8-9 (NLT) says, "Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 'I will give it all to you,'  he said, 'if you will kneel down and worship me.' 'Get out of here, Satan,' Jesus told him. 'For the Scripture says '"You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him."'"

It must be him and only him and Psalm 103.3 & 4 in The Message says, "Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn't make him." 

The first verse, the first fact in the Bible is so very important and we must believe it. Yes, we must know it and fully recognize it to be true. Genesis 1:1 (NLT) says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Psalm 100:4 (MSG) says, "He made us, we didn't make him." The Amplified Bible says, "It is He who made us, not we ourselves [and we are [His]. The New Living Translations says, "He made us, and we are his."

Yes, we can know this and believe it and acknowledge it.

I know, I know that the other side really makes it sound like this is not true. They put down the fact that God created us, he made us. Yes, this is a test and Jesus passed it and we too can pass it and have a relationship with God and of course have a great benefit if we do. The last part of verse 4 says, (MSG), "We're his people, his well-tended sheep." (AMP), "We are His people and the sheep of His pasture" and (NIRV), "We are his people. We are the sheep belonging to his flock."

So, know that and fully believe and then do this, Verses 4-5 (NLT), "Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever and his faithfulness continues to each generation." In other words, verse 5 (MSG), "For God is sheer beauty, all-generous in love, loyal always and ever."

So, let's pass this test asn Jesus did. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning





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