There are things we don’t understand as of now, but we know Him who knows all things, and we cling to what He has revealed to us. “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.” Deuteronomy 29:29
Psalm 119: In the midst of David’s suffering, he exclaims how he loves the Law of the Lord.
Is it a “purpose-driven life?” is it our purpose we are trying to find? Romans 6:10 says that we died with Christ, and He died to break the power of sin. But now that He lives, He lives FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!
Matthew 7:17-20 Notice that the trees do not control which fruit they bear; depending on what kind of tree it is inherently, that is the kind of fruit it inevitably bears. Different kinds of trees also produce different fruits at different times.
Matthew 3:9: Now we read something like this, and say, “Okay, so just because you’re Jewish doesn’t mean that you will go to heaven.” But we need to take the word of God and apply it to ourselves on every level. In places like this, where it is appropriate hermeneutically, we need to fill in “Abraham” with our personal context. Do we think that just because we go to a certain church we’re saved? Because we grew up in a Christian home? Because we believe the right stuff and are not ‘one of them’?” We see that John’s point was that the people he was speaking to leaned back on their ancestry or their position to make them feel safe. Do we do the same in something? These things are written for us to learn from.
Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, Moses didn’t give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven. The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” (John 6:32-33) Men do not work signs and wonders; God does.
When I die, and I stand before the judgment seat of God, I am not going to say: “Lord, I was faithful” or “Lord, I did my best.” My defense alone is, “Lord, Your grace was enough. Your Son’s sacrifice was enough.” He became my sin (though He did no sin) so I became His righteousness (though I did no righteousness)
