Subject: Please I'm looking for your opinion! |
Bible Note: Hi Ed, He's probably neither an accuser or a watchman. I think he's just upset. Many of us are. The question is...is God upset? I don't believe that he is upset. In fact I'm certain that He has not changed His eternal plan one iota. Neither do I believe that we, apart from grace, can hit a lick Now...don't be shocked...but, I'm not into kismet or fatalism. Not one who says "Why pray? If God wants something to happen, it will happen regardless of my prayers." What I do believe is that God ordains our prayers as a means by which His will is manifested on Earth. "Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven". I also hold that every good work which God has ordained for us to do will be done. How? By giving us the opportunity, the desire, the ability and every tool we need to accomplish it. Can we take credit for it? No, because it is not ourselves that have done it, but Christ in us! I think we lose sight of that fact from time to time. Matt 16:18 "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. Num 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? What we need Is some good old fashioned exhortation from the Word of God. That comfort that causes our hope to rise in or breast, that causes us to quit looking down at our shoes but instead, lifts up our heads toward Heaven from whence our salvaion comes! Glory to God! John God Bless, John |