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Here's a quote from my devotions this morning.

A Cure for Distrust

"Every time I deliberately disobey a command of God, it is because I am in the moment doubtful as to God's true intentions in giving me that command. Does He really have my best interests at heart? Or is He withholding something from me that I would be better off having? Such questions, whether consciously asked or not, lie underneath every act of disobedience.

However, the gospel changes my view of God's commandments, in that it helps me to see the heart of the Person from whom those commandments come. When I begin my train of thought with the gospel, I realize that if God loved me enough to sacrifice His Son's life for me, then He must be guided by that same love when He speaks His commandments to me. Viewing God's commands and prohibitions in this light, I can see them for what they really are: friendly signposts from a heavenly Father who is seeking to love me through each directive, so that I might experience His very fullness forever.

When controlling my thoughts as described above, the gospel cures me of my suspicion of God, thereby disposing me to walk more trustingly on the path of disobedience to His commands."

~Milton Vincent

A Gospel Primer for Christians

Here is the biblical basis for this quote...

Genesis 3:4-6

Deut 5:29

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“What young men [women] will be, in all probability depends upon what they are now, and yet they seem so easily to forget this. Youth is the seed-time of full age, the molding season in the little space of human life, the turning-point in the history of man’s mind. By the shoot we judge of the tree, by the blossoms we judge of the fruit, by the spring we judge of the harvest, by the morning we judge of the day, and by the character of the young man, we may generally judge what he will be when he grows up. Young man, do not be deceived. Do not think that you can willfully serve your self and your pleasures in the beginning of life, and then go and serve God with ease at the end.”

~JC Ryle

emphasis mine

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