random thoughts

The kindness of God:

God is good!!!! He is kind! Blessed be the name of the Lord!

Like you need me to tell you that? It is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance. Hear the apostle Paul on this subject; "...Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?"



Man's duty:

Man the creature is obligated to God the creator. He, the Holy One, made us, therefore, we are duty bound to Him. He is the potter, we are the clay. It is no wonder we invented the theory of evolution, it gets us off the hook, so to speak, with God. However, I read in the scriptures, "In the beginning God created.....". Oh how thankful we are for the word of God!

Back to our duty; what is it? What does this holy God require of man? We are to obey Him, we are to do as He commands, we are to submit our lives to Him! My friend, we are to do it perfectly too. In the gospel of Mark we read this exchange between the Lord Jesus and a scribe:

"And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."

So there it is, our primary duty is to love God with all our being. Have you loved God with all your being? with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength? The quick answer is NO.

"There is none righteous, no, not one:" "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God"

Therefore, you have breached your duty to God. You have not met your obligation to your creator. You have fallen short of God and His glory. You have not met His holy requirement. So what now? What is the person to do who realizes this serious infraction of the holy law of God? What is a person to do when they realize they have disobeyed the holy and righteous God?

I hear the apostle Paul say; "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." God provided a Savior, He sent His only Son into the world. Jesus Christ came and perfectly did the will of His Father. He obeyed God perfectly, he loved God with ALL His heart, soul, mind, and strength. He lived perfectly in this world. Man however; hated Jesus, he rejected Him, man said we will not have this Man rule over us, man condemned Him and hung Him on a cross. Their on the cross God laid on Him the iniquity of a world of sinners. On that tree He who knew no sin became sin for us. He bore the wrath of almighty God. He substituted in the place of sinners, in the place of those who did not obey God perfectly. He fulfilled man's duty, Jesus met the holy requirements of God's justice. Man took His dead body down from the tree and buried Him in a cave but God, on the third day, just as He promised, RAISED Him up from the dead. God approved the work of His Son. God is well-pleased with His Son. Jesus Christ satisfied God!

So I ask the question again, in light of the person and work of Jesus Christ; what is sinful man's duty? Repent ye and believe the gospel. Submit your self to God, believe His Son. This is the duty of all.