Devotions
01 Mar 2005

God's Calculations versus Ours

* The world deems: 1 1= 0 God says: 1 1= much John 12:24 * The world deems: 1+1= 2 God says: 1+1= endless supply John 15:5 * The world deems: 1 2= 1/2 (please help...divide sign) God says: 1 2= 0 (same) Matthew 12:25 * The world deems: 2 1= 2 (please help, multiply sign) God says: 2 1= countless children of faith (same) Genesis 13:14 17

* The world deems:    1 1= 0

   God says:            1 1= much                 John 12:24


 * The world deems:    1+1= 2

   God says:            1+1= endless supply       John 15:5


 * The world deems:     1 2= 1/2  (please help...divide sign)

    God says:            1 2= 0    (same)        Matthew 12:25

 * The world deems:      2 1= 2   (please help, multiply sign)

    God says:            2 1= countless children of faith (same)  Genesis 13:14 17


Meditation:

John 12:24

"I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to  the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it  dies, it produces many seeds."

John 15:5

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in Me  and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can  do nothing."

Matthew 12:25

"....`Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined,  and every city or household divided against itself will not  stand.'"

Genesis 13:14 17

"The Lord said to Abraham after Lot had departed from him,  `....I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth,  so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring  could be counted...'"