August 2, 2020
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
GOD CREATOR AND HIS KINGDOM ARE BASED ON DIVINE, NOT HUMAN, LAW AND ORDER
“But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you set at naught your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.” “So then everyone one of us shall give account of himself to God.”
Rom. 14:10, 12, A.V.
“The God who made the laws of the universe, who determined the laws of nature, also made the laws MAN’S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL NATURE. He is also the same God who gave the Ten Commandments as the guide of life [of man who He created in His image and likeness].”
“It was according to a predetermined plan that the law which demands the life of the transgressor should have as its author the One who was later to suffer the penalty for man’s transgression of it.”
“Christ, who gave the law and required obedience to it, was willing to abide by the conditions that He Himself had laid down for others, and upon man’s failure, to take his place and suffer the penalty that He Himself had ordained.”
“With these facts in mind we can NEVER charge God with INJUSTICE [as Satan and his human agencies do]. He does not require of anyone that which He is not willing to do Himself.”
“This qualifies Him for being the final JUDGE of mankind, the ARBITER of man’s destiny.” Andreasen, The Book of Hebrews, p.49.
Thus declared the wiseman Solomon go “all who have ears that [still can] hear.”
“Let us hear the CONCLUSION of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments : for this is the WHOLE DUTY OF MAN. For God shall bring every WORK into JUDGMENT, with every SECRET thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13,14.
Jesus repeated this testing truth from the very beginning, starting in Eden, “If you love ME, keep MY commandments.” John 14:15. How much do you really love Jesus in response to His love and sacrifice for you? Remember that actions and deeds speak louder than words and professions. As Jesus said, “By their fruits (and works) you shall know them.” NMF