ENCOURAGING WORDS are always connected to COMMANDS. The sign was a reminder that there are laws that govern my behavior as a road user. As we "encourage" each other, let us remember the teaching of The Master :
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Our "enjoyment" cannot be just a good feeling: "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them."
John 13:17 (NOTICE THE 'FEET-WASHING' CONTEXT)
JOHN 15: 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
FINALLY: as I present "the gospel" to someone today, may I remember to include "the go-thy-way-and-sin-no-more" as Jesus did.
"She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."
John 8:11
Let us not forget repentance in our 'zeal' to tell the miracle of faith.
This "gospel (good news) of the kingdom" : repent and believe.
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