January 27 2024 – Steps 2 Success with Spiritual Solutions

The Lord is Good – Sabbath Devotional – January 27, 2024

“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good…” 1 Peter 2:2-3

Imagine that you have enrolled in a Bible class and your first assignment is to write a personal statement explaining that the Lord is good. Would you research the internet to look up Scriptures or inspirational articles? Would His goodness be limited to the blessings of tangible assets? Or would you have to edit the rough draft because your written assignment is too wordy? Your answer depends on your relationship with Christ.

To know that the Lord is good requires knowledge of His character. The Four Gospels [Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John] give us the amazing biography of Jesus’ earthly life by four of His disciples. Although Dr. Luke was not of the original 12, he wrote the books of Luke and Acts. Unless we study the life of Christ, we cannot speak about the goodness of His Loving and Righteous Character.

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” —Revelation 3:20

Faith is the key to opening the door to learning the Lord’s goodness. We accept Jesus as our Savior because the Holy Spirit works on human hearts [this is a mystery] to accept Christ. Then we pray and study the Scriptures daily because Christ desires that we know who He is.

Faith plus Biblical knowledge allows the Holy Spirit to teach us the attributes of Christ’s goodness, faithfulness, and love for the human beings He created. Jesus’ death on Calvary completed the plan of Salvation which redeems us from our sins. This is the primary reason for the Lord’s goodness.

Prayer: Lord, we are thankful for Your abundant love, grace, and mercies. In Your Holy Name, we pray. Amen.

The Lord is Good is part 1 of 2 Devotionals. Part 2 is entitled, “The Lord’s Goodness” and is also published today.

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Steps 2 Success with Spiritual Solutions is a Bible-based Ministry.

“Here is the patience of the saints, here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus” (Revelation 14:12).

We believe in the Proclamations of the Three Angels Messages found in Revelation 14:6-11.

We believe in the Triune God who is God, the Father, Jesus, God, His Son, and God,the Holy Spirit.

We believe in the Plan of Salvation and that we are forgiven of our sins. And we strive to live as those who are forgiven by giving up our sinful desires and submitting our will to God through humility, obedience, diligent prayer and consistent study of the Bible, the Word of God.

We believe Redemption mandated that Divinity become humanity; Redemption required the death of Jesus and the shedding of his blood on the cross that we may have Eternal life.

We believe in the Second Coming of Jesus.

We believe that immortality will be received at Jesus’ Second Coming and not when an individual dies.

We believe that Satan, evil angels, and the wicked will be destroyed by fire. Malachi 4:1

We believe in the entire Bible and that all scripture was written under the inspiration of God.

We believe in the Fourth commandment which tells us that the 7th Day, Saturday is the Sabbath. God blessed the Creation Sabbath and it is Holy. In Genesis, a day is identified as the evening and the morning, therefore, we observe the Sabbath from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.

We believe that humanity was created in the image of God and that we are to love God and to love each other as God loves us.

We believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the only way to God is to believe Jesus died, was raised on the third day, and is now in heaven serving as our Heavenly Intercessor.