Sun.’s Devo - Living Without Sin

Read: 2 Chron. 1:1-3:17, Ro. 6:1-23, Ps. 16:1-11, Pr. 19:20-21 Solomon is now king and the ark of the Lord is in a tent in Gibeon. One of the first things Solomon does as king is to go there and offer one thousand burnt offerings. God heard his prayer and came to him to ask what he might want. When Solomon asked for wisdom to rule the people, God was so pleased that he gave him not only wisdom, but honor, riches, long life greater than anyone had ever had before. Solomon immediately went about the task of building God’s temple. He hired 70,000 men just to haul stone from the mountain, 80,000 to carve the stone out of the mountain and 3,600 men to oversee them. I don’t think there was an unemployment problem. There was an abundance of granite for countertops! Everything Solomon did was top-knotch. Gold was in everything. Even the nails were made of gold. Solomon’s temple was to be a picture of the glory of God. In Romans we learn that when we come to Jesus, we should no longer sin. Through the act of baptism we bury our old man and rise out of the water as a new man. Our old man was crucified with Jesus on the cross. To live a sinless life we have to yield our body and be a servant to God. You do not have to sin!!! You can live a life of no regrets! Sounds impossible? It’s not. It is called walking in the spirit. Instead of worrying about sinning, just live loving God then you’ll be walking in righteousness without trying. Lord, if we love You with all our hearts, our bodies will serve you. That is our prayer.