~ Things of Primary Importance to
God ~
Seek First The Kingdom
Of God ~ Jesus
said, “Seek first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will worry about its own things.
Sufficient for the day is its
own trouble” (Matthew 6:33-34).
Clean First That Which
Is Inside ~ Jesus
said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and
dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. Blind
Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the
cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also” (Matthew 23:25-26).
First Cast Out The Plank In Your Own
Eye ~ Jesus said, “Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s
eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me
remove the speck from your eye;’ and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite!
First remove the plank from your
own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your
brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:3-5).
Learn First To Show Respect At Home
~ “Honor
widows who are really widows. But if any widow has children or
grandchildren, let them first learn to
show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and acceptable before God. Now she who is really a widow, and left
alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and
day. But she who lives in pleasure is
dead while she lives. And these things
command, that they may be blameless. But if anyone does not provide for
his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and
is worse than an unbeliever” (1 Timothy 5:3-8).
Judge First The House Of God ~ “For
the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins
with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of
God? Now, ‘If the righteous one is
scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?’” (1 Peter 4:17-18).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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