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Keeping Includes All 2

10/23/2021

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We have been discussing how we are kept by the power of God and that  his keeping is a complete keeping. Our God keeps us during times of  prosperity, and in the hard times. 
Some think that God can and does keep us from doing great sins of  wickedness, but when it comes to the small harmless sins we cannot  expect God to be bothered. It is through discipline and years of self-will  that these sins are conquered. 
We hear of a fellow believer falling into a grievous sin and we realize, that  could have been me. Thank you God for keeping us from that sin! Thank  you for keeping me. But, then we hardly notice when we fall right back into  the sin of pride or selfishness for the third time that day. 
And why do we doubt that God through the Holy Spirit can keep us from  evil thoughts or a nasty temper and yet praise Him for keeping us from  drunkenness or adultery? Is it that we think that a flare of temper or  prideful thoughts are less important? God's great commandment of the  New Testament is - "Love one another as I have love you." When we strike  out at someone or have hatful thoughts toward them, we are sinning  against Jesus highest law - we are sinning against the law of God's love. 
What we are saying is: If we can believe and surrender our lives to the  leading of the Holy Spirit, God can and will keep us from these "lesser"  sins that we have accepted as just being human. 
So, let me ask you, Can we as believers live a holier life than is generally  lived? Can you and I experience the keeping of God's power all day, every  day? What was the promise of 1 Peter 1:5? "Kept by the power of God  through faith." 
The promise is that if we can entrust ourselves entirely and absolutely to  the power of God - He will keep us absolutely! 
Let me close this week with this statement of hope from Andrew Murray  on page 100 of Absolute Surrender 
"God's keeping is all-inclusive, and let everyone who longs to live a holy  life think out all their needs, and all their weaknesses, and all their  shortcomings, and all their sins, and say deliberately: "Is there any sin that my God cannot keep me from?" And the heart will have to answer: "No;  God can keep me from every sin." 
As I consider my walk with Jesus, I realize He is offering so much more  than I am accepting!

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Marcia Jensen
10/24/2021 03:17:04 am

Enjoyed the sermon as always!U R THE BEDT!GOD BLESS U BOTH!

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    Pastor Brad Traxler is the pastor of the Wrangell SDA Church. Brad Traxler is the husband of forty years to Cheryl, father to Kimberly and Ryan, and grandfather to Brad, Kevin, William, Eamon, Zairhen, Seraphina, and Zeelyah. He holds a BA in Theology and has been pastoring churches for twenty years. The greatest passion of His life has been to share Jesus. 

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