Pro 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
It is always good to evaluate our trust in the Lord. Is there any way in which I am not fully trusting in Christ? Is there some area of my life in which I am leaning on my own understanding instead of leaning on the wisdom of the Lord?
True faith in God will manifest itself in obedience to Him. If I trust Him and believe his word then doing what He says will be the natural result.
My own understanding is flawed by sin. Pro 28:26 Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered. Jesus said the following, Mar 7:21-22 "For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness". These are the natural tendencies of my flesh therefore my flesh is not to be trusted.
However if I acknowledge (intimately know) Him in all my ways I have the promise that He will direct my path.
Fear God Hate Evil,
Nathan
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
1 Timothy 1
1Ti 1:1-6 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, 4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. 5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion,
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Titus 2:11-12
Tit 2:11-12 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
We as a family recently finished memorizing this passage. Here we see two functions of the Grace of God.
The first purpose of grace is to be the vehicle through which God has brought salvation to us. Cross reference: Eph 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Secondly we see the sanctifying function of the grace of God. It is our trainer. Webster described the word training in the following way. "The act or process of drawing or educating; education. In gardening, the operation or art of forming young trees to a wall or espalier, or of causing them to grow in a shape suitable for that end."
God's grace is our trainer, our discipliner. Through the sanctifying word of God (John 17:17) it forms us and shapes us into that which will best serve the master. 2Ti 2:19-21 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity." 20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. 21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
I ask myself, "do I view the correction of the Lord as an act of His grace? Am I grateful for the training and discipline of His grace?"
Fear God Hate Sin,
Nathan
We as a family recently finished memorizing this passage. Here we see two functions of the Grace of God.
The first purpose of grace is to be the vehicle through which God has brought salvation to us. Cross reference: Eph 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Secondly we see the sanctifying function of the grace of God. It is our trainer. Webster described the word training in the following way. "The act or process of drawing or educating; education. In gardening, the operation or art of forming young trees to a wall or espalier, or of causing them to grow in a shape suitable for that end."
God's grace is our trainer, our discipliner. Through the sanctifying word of God (John 17:17) it forms us and shapes us into that which will best serve the master. 2Ti 2:19-21 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity." 20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. 21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
I ask myself, "do I view the correction of the Lord as an act of His grace? Am I grateful for the training and discipline of His grace?"
Fear God Hate Sin,
Nathan
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