It Is All About Control

November 1, 2017

It Is All About Control

For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.

Romans 10:4

Read Romans 9:25 - 10:4

Whenever there is a dispute, any place – government, civic associations, churches – the issue isn’t what is being talked about, the issue is control: who gets to make the decision! Being in control is a core value of being human. All of the laws and rules developed by Israel had but one aim: being in control of their relationship with God. They believed if they could just cross all the t’s and dot all the i’s they would be in right-standing with God. But God wasn’t looking at their t’s and i’s; God was looking to see if they loved mercy, if they acted justly, and if they were humbling walking with Him. God wanted them to trust him. When they didn’t, God sent “his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him” (John 3:16-17).

My Takeaway: Today’s passage is an invitation for us to take time to very seriously think about our life as the disciples of Jesus. How much assurance of our salvation do we attach to the things we think we are doing right, such as church attendance, financial support of the church, and participation in ministries? How much of our assurance is derived by our trusting God with our lives? I mean real trust, as in trust and obey!

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

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·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

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