Today's Scripture: John 21:1-19
Most of us are a work in progress, a mix of old and new, past and present. With God's helpful arithmetic he can guide us to subtract the negative and add the positive equaling a balanced life.
Here is an activity from this chapter of the book.
Read the following scripture and put a + or a - to indicate if it was a positive or negative moment for Peter.
Luke 22:14-20 ____
Luke 22:24 ____
Luke 22:33 ____
Luke 22:34 ____
John 13:8 ____
John 13:9 ____
Mark 14:32-41 ____
John 18:10 ____
Matthew 26:69-75 ____
"It's at our times of greatest need that Jesus can show us the great forgiveness." J.G.
One great example of God's arithmetic is found in Matthew 18:21-22. Jesus says that we are to forgive 70 x 7 times. Jesus is trying to tell us not to keep count or keep a grudge of how many times someone sins against us, but that we should forgive more often than we can count.
For every mistake that we make Jesus adds another chance, He doesn't subtract his grace or mercy He just adds another 1, if you turn away from His 7 times he will give you 8 chances at redemption.
God's Arithmetic will never add up, but will always make sense to us all in the end.
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