August 10

BIBLE MEDITATION: ?My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.? 1 John 2:1-2

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: The headline of an article ?Tail Was Short. Snake Was Not.? caught my attention and so I read the entire article. It seems that there was a lady in South Africa who passed a haystack one day, and saw the tail of a snake. She took a stick to kill it and before she knew it she was wrestling with a 17-foot python! Gratefully, a man quickly came along to kill the snake with a fence post; otherwise it would have crushed her to death. You may think your sin is just a little sin, but I want to tell you that it is part of the same snake. Sin murdered Jesus, and sin will crush you. Your only hope is salvation through Jesus Christ.

ACTION POINT: How would you define these words: sin, advocate, propitiation? If you need some help, read these verses: 1 John 3:4, Hebrews 13:6, and Romans 5:6-8.