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Why we cannot betray |
Devotional Guide
For the week of September 14, 2003
STARVED FOR HOPE?
Why we cannot betray
To Read: Isaiah 28-30
To Know:
"For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,
nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love
of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38,39)
How can God guarantee life eternal to free beings if eternal life requires
unending heartfelt obedience to the will of God? Why will someone, even if
it is in eternity, not choose against God and plummet from heaven to hell?
How can anyone be secure eternally?
Eternal security arises from the same source that rendered it certain that
Jesus Christ would not fail in the face of a cruel, brutal, and unjust
execution. Jesus' character protected him from compromise. The motive in
Jesus was the love he had for his father. No temptation and no threat were
stronger than his desire to please his Father.
When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke under the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial,
calling the nation to task for its racism, he dreamed of the day when his
little ones would be judged, not by the color of their skin, but by the
content of their character. It is character that renders a person or nation
safe. Out of our character proceed our preferences. We, being free
creatures, will always choose what we want most. If God can give birth in us
to desire him above all else, then are we thereby made safe from all
temptations to desert his kingdom.
To Do:
The apostles centered their lives on the cross of Christ. This was the great
secret of Christian living. Paul wrote, "But far be it from me to glory
except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been
crucified to me, and I to the world." (Gal.6: 14) The love of God is
revealed in the cross of Christ. Christ died in the sinner's place. He is
God's gift. In light of this Paul asks the Romans, "If God is for us, who is
against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all,
will he not also give us all things with him?" (Rm. 8:31,32) This is love
that defies explanation. How can we receive such love and wantonly betray
one who loved us so?
09173$-09173
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Devotional Guide
For the week of September 14, 2003
STARVED FOR HOPE?
Why we cannot betray
To Read: Isaiah 28-30
To Know:
"For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities,
nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the
love
of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38,39)
How can God guarantee life eternal to free beings if eternal life requires
unending heartfelt obedience to the will of God? Why will someone, even if
it is in eternity, not choose against God and plummet from heaven to hell?
How can anyone be secure eternally?
Eternal security arises from the same source that rendered it certain that
Jesus Christ would not fail in the face of a cruel, brutal, and unjust
execution. Jesus' character protected him from compromise. The motive in
Jesus was the love he had for his father. No temptation and no threat were
stronger than his desire to please his Father.
When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke under the shadow of the Lincoln
Memorial,
calling the nation to task for its racism, he dreamed of the day when his
little ones would be judged, not by the color of their skin, but by the
content of their character. It is character that renders a person or
nation
safe. Out of our character proceed our preferences. We, being free
creatures, will always choose what we want most. If God can give birth in
us
to desire him above all else, then are we thereby made safe from all
temptations to desert his kingdom.
To Do:
The apostles centered their lives on the cross of Christ. This was the
great
secret of Christian living. Paul wrote, "But far be it from me to glory
except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been
crucified to me, and I to the world." (Gal.6: 14) The love of God is
revealed in the cross of Christ. Christ died in the sinner's place. He is
God's gift. In light of this Paul asks the Romans, "If God is for us, who
is
against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all,
will he not also give us all things with him?" (Rm. 8:31,32) This is love
that defies explanation. How can we receive such love and wantonly betray
one who loved us so?
09173$-09173
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