It is a hard and a humbling lesson and one taught only of God that our only part of our salvation was to sin. We have nothing to add or do but to need Him for our inabilities and transgressions. May we pray that God presses this in our hearts His truths and blinds us to the re-writing of His word to fit our flesh and will.
Extra credit: A short one today from Charles H. Spurgeon. Man (and I myself) gives way too much credit to himself. Spurgeon writes on a solemn message of What if God had left me alone.
Jhn 13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
- Who was the disciple referred to in this verse?
Now there was leaning on Jesus bosom one of His disciples who loved Jesus. To re-write this verse to fit our will is the same blasphemy that many do daily and call it their beliefs. I John 4:19 He loves us because we choose to love Him. The lesson we must learn, and if humbled by the Spirit we will learn, is that it is not about us. It is not our love, our faith, our works, our heart, our repentance, our utterance, but Christ and Christ alone. It is His love, it is He that choseth, and it is Him that redeems His elect. It is Christ love, mercy, and grace. If one truly loves Him it is only because He first loved them. But many re-write Christ love and finished work to fit their will. Many re-write Gods sovereignty and say that God loves everyone, God died for everyone, God wants to save everyone, and if you only let Him then… We look for devil worshipers as those in black cloaks standing around a pentagram. I say they are in the pulpits saying grace, preaching flesh, re-writing the gospel, and blaspheming the word with a Bible in one hand and singing How Great Thou Art. They will cry Lord Lord we prophesy in your name to which the reply will come in time from God, I never knew you, loved you, or died for you. (John 19:26, 20:2, 21:2)
