GET ON GOD’S GOOD SIDE!

 

Getting on someone’s good or bad side means doing things that cause that person to like or dislike you. Have you ever experienced either of these with anyone? When you are on someone’s good side, they love you and probably everything you stand for. But if you get on their bad side, watch out; they could destroy you in any way possible. The reasons someone might like or dislike you are based mostly on their assessment of you: whether correct or incorrect. Quite often, there is nothing you can do to get from a person’s bad side to his good side. But you know, God also has a good side and a bad side, but switching from the bad to the good side is possible and encouraged.

God is the Creator of the universe and He knows everything, including what’s in our hearts that nobody else knows. That makes His assessment of us humans completely accurate. His assessment and declaration of us are this: we are all sinners, born that way (see Psalm 51:5). That puts everybody on His bad side. He is a holy God and wants nothing to do with sin. If the sin is taken away, however, we will get on His good side. How can our sin be removed? God has a solution for that; He sent His Son, Jesus, to die in our place. His blood washes our sins away. He made provision for this because He loves us, “This is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).

What we each has to do is admit to God that we are sinners and ask for forgiveness. He has promised to forgive if we confess our sins to Him: “If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all sin” (1 John 1:8-9). I have done that, and pray that you will do the same.

Meanwhile, I’ll give you an idea of what it is like to be on God’s bad side:

God is keeping His eye on everybody, including you (Prov 15:3).

God knows your heart (Prov 15:11).

God is angry with you every day (see Psalm 7:11).

God detests your sacrifices (see Proverbs 15:8).

He detests your ways (see Prov 15:9). 

God will pour out His anger on you if you don’t repent (see Hebrews 2:8-9).

Do any of these things concern you? I sure hope so, because they should. How can you not be concerned if God the creator is angry with you every single day? That’s frightening! You never know when He will bring judgment upon you in this life, but be sure that, after this life, you will remain on His bad side, and spend your forever life with the devil and his demons in hell (see Matthew 25:41).

As I indicated before, you don’t have to remain on God’s bad side; it is so easy to switch. Do this now and He will remove your sins from you as far as the east is from the west (see Psalm 103:12; Hebrews 8:12). You will become His child and He will be your father forever and ever. Please, don’t let this opportunity pass you by; you don’t know when your last breath will be. Take this seriously and get on God’s good side!

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