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As a diligent student of the Bible, you will want to make sure the Bible really says what this study says.  Always remember to test all things with God's word - as the Bereans did.  They "received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so" (Acts 17:11). 

First, read the study all the way through, without looking up the Scriptures.  Then read the study again, this time looking up the Scriptures.  Highlight or mark each verse you look up so you can easily find it later.

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A mess is generally made up of many parts.  The first thing to do is realize that you are part of it. Whether you are the party of the first part or the party of the second part, it makes little difference. Messes are the result of sins, and the good life is the result of righteousness.  If you want a mess, continue to sin.  If you want the good life, then start being good by doing good (Rom. 12:21; 1 Peter 3:10-11).  It is the only way to solve your problems.

Now, if you do good for anyone except God, you will get puffed-up and think you are a pretty nice person, and that again is sin.  God says your righteousness, if not done to please God, is as a dirty menstrual cloth (Is. 64:6, original Hebrew).  Since Jesus Christ said He was not good, and yet all He did was good, it would be blasphemy for us to think of ourselves as good, except through Jesus Christ (Luke 18:19; 24:19; Acts 10:38; John 21:25).  Paul understood this, because he said, "I am convinced that there is no good thing in me" (Rom. 7:18; 8:1).

Now, there are some other directions to follow.  You have got to care to get there, and you must start to finish.  You must keep your eye upon the goal.  You must persevere to win your soul (Luke 21:19). The more good you do, the better you will feel.  The better you feel, the more good you will do.  It is an endless glory race that makes you wear a happy face.  Jesus said it is easy, pleasant and rewarding (Matt. 11:30; 6:33).

Jesus Christ wants you to come to Him (Matt. 11:28-29; 2 Tim. 2:7).  This is why He came.  Will you study His word daily so He can teach you?  Will you live to please God every day, in all that you think, do and say?  If you do, He will please you, and bless all you do, and answer your prayers when you pray.

God can help you get out of the mess you are in if you will obey Him and live for Him daily.

(Feel free to give copies of this study to others who want to know God’s truth.   You will be doing God’s Will when you show and tell others how to live this special Way.)      

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