Instruction Manual from God!

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When God is angry, money won't help you. Obeying God is the only way to be saved from death.  If you are truly good, you will do right; if you are wicked, you will be destroyed by your own sin.  Honesty can keep you safe, but if you can't be trusted, you trap yourself.  When the wicked die, their hopes die with them.  Trouble goes right past the LORD's people and strikes the wicked.  Dishonest people use gossip to destroy their neighbors; good people are protected by their own good sense.  When honest people prosper and the wicked disappear, the whole city celebrates.  When God blesses his people, their city prospers, but deceitful liars can destroy a city.  It's stupid to say bad things about your neighbors. If you are sensible, you will keep quiet.  A gossip tells everything, but a true friend will keep a secret.  A city without wise leaders will end up in ruin; a city with many wise leaders will be kept safe.

Proverbs 11: 4 - 14

If you read and put in your heart the Book of Proverbs you will have at your command many very practical ways of making good choices in this life!  Verse 14 of Proverbs 11 says that not having wise leaders is a big problem for a city, or I suppose a country as well.

If you live in a country that allows you to be part of selecting your leaders then consider this: The number one thing to consider in selecting a new leader is whether or not that person has wisdom.  With "many wise leaders" you will be kept safe and without them you will end up in ruin.

Too often people choose their leaders by how much "free stuff" they promise, or by how many problems they guarantee they can solve.  Then after they assume the power of being a leader all they do is point at others who are "not letting them keep their promises!"  And of course all the "free stuff" comes with unbearable obligations and limits on personal freedoms.

Here is the reason I bring all this up.  Don't just go to the Bible for "spiritual advice" and the way to Heaven.  The Word of God is also filled with wisdom that will not fail you as you live here on earth!  Where do you think many countries got the idea that it should not be legal for a man to have more than one wife, or a woman to have more than one husband?  The Creator gave men an instruction manual telling us how to live this life as well as how to get to Heaven when we leave this world! 

"Lord Jesus, thank You for giving us everything we need to live here on earth and to live with You forever in Heaven.  May Your Name be praised now and always.  Amen."