The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in John 7:17,
"Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my [Jesus'] teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own."
Here is a profound and enigmatic mystery: in order to grasp, to evaluate, to determine the significance, the worth and the divine origin of Jesus' teaching, one needs to make a choice. Not just any choice, but the choice to "do the will of God". To obey God, which for us is to respond to the demand of God's gospel message to us. In short, to embrace God in faith.
This mystery is a key in understanding any of the Scriptures, as all of them are, in fact, the teachings of the Son of God. Here is a real problem for the Biblical commentators who do not embrace Jesus Christ in faith, and yet who speak so authoritatively of the Scriptures. I'm speaking here of the groups of academics who deign to teach us that we really need to strip the miraculous from the Scriptures to understand our Bibles. The seminary professors who teach the Bible wasn't written by those who claimed to have written it. That the events, the prophecies never really took place, or that the historical timing of events were written to mislead us. Those who question the veracity, authenticity and reliability of the Scriptures. I'm speaking here of leaders of cults and the "cult-ish" who have bastardized the Scriptures to champion their odd-ball ideas.
It is no wonder one can go into the "Christian" bookstore and come out bewildered. So many, who I believe are motivated and energized by the dark forces in the spiritual realm, teach and write from a standpoint that clearly demonstrates the profound mystery Jesus spoke of in John 7:17.
Unbelievers who read someone else's mail always get it wrong!
How I thank God that, through the Holy Spirit, as we embrace Jesus Christ we have wisdom from the Spirit to grasp the teaching of Jesus Christ. "we declare God's wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it... What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit." 1 Corinthians 2:7-14.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
"Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my [Jesus'] teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own."
Here is a profound and enigmatic mystery: in order to grasp, to evaluate, to determine the significance, the worth and the divine origin of Jesus' teaching, one needs to make a choice. Not just any choice, but the choice to "do the will of God". To obey God, which for us is to respond to the demand of God's gospel message to us. In short, to embrace God in faith.
This mystery is a key in understanding any of the Scriptures, as all of them are, in fact, the teachings of the Son of God. Here is a real problem for the Biblical commentators who do not embrace Jesus Christ in faith, and yet who speak so authoritatively of the Scriptures. I'm speaking here of the groups of academics who deign to teach us that we really need to strip the miraculous from the Scriptures to understand our Bibles. The seminary professors who teach the Bible wasn't written by those who claimed to have written it. That the events, the prophecies never really took place, or that the historical timing of events were written to mislead us. Those who question the veracity, authenticity and reliability of the Scriptures. I'm speaking here of leaders of cults and the "cult-ish" who have bastardized the Scriptures to champion their odd-ball ideas.
It is no wonder one can go into the "Christian" bookstore and come out bewildered. So many, who I believe are motivated and energized by the dark forces in the spiritual realm, teach and write from a standpoint that clearly demonstrates the profound mystery Jesus spoke of in John 7:17.
Unbelievers who read someone else's mail always get it wrong!
How I thank God that, through the Holy Spirit, as we embrace Jesus Christ we have wisdom from the Spirit to grasp the teaching of Jesus Christ. "we declare God's wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it... What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit." 1 Corinthians 2:7-14.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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