Considering that we have been
commanded to put on the mind of Christ, to think and act like Him. How many
people actually know what He would be thinking in any given circumstance? I
have heard some appalling remarks from those who should know better and sadly
in hindsight I have been part of some heinous annotations over time, looking to
justify my actions whilst accommodating my sinful behaviour. We serve a very gracious
God, who is perfectly HOLY and slow to anger. He is full of grace and is LOVE
personified. Without all of His beauty playing out the way it does I would
surely be dead and in the grave by now, but God, my God and heavenly Father has
been extremely patient with me; all I ever deserved was the opposite and yet I am
gladly beginning to witness the benefits of God’s ingenious mercies beginning
to play out favourably in my life, praise God! I trust He is also noticing the
change! Thank you Father for your abundant grace and mercy in my life; thank
you for the unmeasurable love you have bestowed upon me…
It is one thing to know God, every
creation is a reflection of God in all His glory; we needn’t travel far to
prove to our enquiring minds that God exists. He has given us creation as an awesome
witness of His power and glory. Just step out a door and into a garden, or look
up into the night sky or turn on the TV and flip to a National Geographic
channel and not another word is required proving God’s brilliance in and
through His creation. In fact the evidence is so compelling that the Apostle
Paul pens an explanation about the very topic in question in the book of
Romans, condemning all who oppose the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as the
only true God and mastermind behind all of creation which leaves mankind
without excuse. Objections like, “what about the man in the Amazon Jungle how
does God show him mercy?” All of us witness God’s brilliance in and through His
creation; even the bushman tucked away in an isolated corner of the globe can
understand that God exists.
All anyone needs to do is cry out to
God for mercy and they would certainly find understanding about God’s existence.
If mankind is so divided on this issue, why and what happened to leave us with
so many varying opinions on this particular topic? Let us go back in history to deepen our understanding…
History should teach us about the errors
of our ways and help us to right our wrongs. Hindsight is the perfect science!
If as a toddler I begin to explore my surroundings and I came across a live wire
that was exposed and I handled it, what would happen? I would get a shock! But
before long I would learn to avoid the experience by eluding the hazard.
Experience therefore equips me to avoid making the same mistakes. History is my
friend if I learn from it. God has given us the greatest History book, it is up
to us to pick it up and read it. The Bible is our friend! Make use of it and
learn to understand the lessons in it.
Considering creation and the mistakes
we made over the process of time should equip us to right our wrongs, here then
is the lesson about mankind’s downward spiral and historically how we moved
away from God’s will for our lives instead of towards His favour; “For what can be known about God is plain to
them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power
and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the
world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to
him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts
were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the
glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and
animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of
their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because
they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the
creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.” (Romans 1:19-24)
Although we as Gentiles were never apart of God’s
law like Israel was and given the Law of Moses depicting
His character to them as a nation; God did not leave us without witness of His
brilliance, creation proves His existence. But professing to be wise in
ourselves we became fools. And for this reason God gave us over to varying sins,
we needn’t look very far to see the error of our ways for they have become evident.
Today is a day where same sex marriage is no longer frowned upon. It has become
our right! Unless we find God’s favour in and through His only begotten Son,
the Lord Jesus Christ we will continue in our downward spiral of self-destruction.
But God who is rich in mercy and full of love has offered mankind a lifeline in
spite of our errors. Unless we turn to Him in repentance for our rebellion and
our sins it will end badly for us all.
The time for our mutiny must now end
and we must cry out to Him and seek out His forgiveness for our sins and our revolt.
Today is the day of salvation, for us to put it off for another day only proves
our folly.
“For
the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to
shame." For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same
Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.” (Romans 10:11-12) –
The offer is available to all who would dare to call upon Him, but call we
must!
Signing
off
Tyrone
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