Proverbs 10:16
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life:
The fruit of the wicked to sin.
There is a day when our works will be weighed. There is a day when our worth will be measured. Everything we have done, said, omitted, judged, boasted of, cried, emphasized and minimized will come back to our face to judge and expose our heart’s true motives. The Foundation upon which we have based our faith will be revealed.
If our foundation consists of the sands of man’s doctrine, of man’s carving of its own god according to his own likings, nothing, absolutely nothing of our life’s work will remain standing in the sight of the true God of eternity. If the foundation is the Rock Jesus-Christ, the living fiery Word first revealed in the stone of Mt Horeb, this foundation will evaluate our life’s worth, through the testing of fire.
On that day, the elements of our life will be revealed. It will be revealed to all whether they lead to life or to sin. Relativism in judgment will be done with. The only arbitrator shedding light of our life will be fire of God’s Word. John taught us that sin is the breaking of the Law. Paul said that the wages of sin is death. A life of consciously breaking God’s law results in death, and is there an atonement left after we have willingly sinned? Is there salvation after willingly rejecting Christ in the form of rejecting His Word? That question still rages in theological debates and certainly deserves to be answered.
But why take a chance. If a man’s life is turned towards God’s Word, there is no more doubt. This man’s life tends to life eternal. Jesus Himself said that in this man, the spirit of God becomes a river of Life Eternal flowing from his belly. Not only his words but his actions, his interests and his priorities are in sync’ with the Spirit of God. They seem to both walk in unison as two hearts beating as one. It is an amazing thing, but if we put two heart cells together, eventually they beat as one. If our heart in near to God’s, we also beat as one, and bring life to the world.
Let man boasts of its works. Let him come before the court of public opinion and play his game before the jury. Let him bring his most precious prize that it may be tested in the fires of God’s eternal judgment. Watch it all disappear in smoke, leaving place for the rebuilding of a brand new society based of the loving Laws of our Father.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life:
The fruit of the wicked to sin.
There is a day when our works will be weighed. There is a day when our worth will be measured. Everything we have done, said, omitted, judged, boasted of, cried, emphasized and minimized will come back to our face to judge and expose our heart’s true motives. The Foundation upon which we have based our faith will be revealed.
If our foundation consists of the sands of man’s doctrine, of man’s carving of its own god according to his own likings, nothing, absolutely nothing of our life’s work will remain standing in the sight of the true God of eternity. If the foundation is the Rock Jesus-Christ, the living fiery Word first revealed in the stone of Mt Horeb, this foundation will evaluate our life’s worth, through the testing of fire.
On that day, the elements of our life will be revealed. It will be revealed to all whether they lead to life or to sin. Relativism in judgment will be done with. The only arbitrator shedding light of our life will be fire of God’s Word. John taught us that sin is the breaking of the Law. Paul said that the wages of sin is death. A life of consciously breaking God’s law results in death, and is there an atonement left after we have willingly sinned? Is there salvation after willingly rejecting Christ in the form of rejecting His Word? That question still rages in theological debates and certainly deserves to be answered.
But why take a chance. If a man’s life is turned towards God’s Word, there is no more doubt. This man’s life tends to life eternal. Jesus Himself said that in this man, the spirit of God becomes a river of Life Eternal flowing from his belly. Not only his words but his actions, his interests and his priorities are in sync’ with the Spirit of God. They seem to both walk in unison as two hearts beating as one. It is an amazing thing, but if we put two heart cells together, eventually they beat as one. If our heart in near to God’s, we also beat as one, and bring life to the world.
Let man boasts of its works. Let him come before the court of public opinion and play his game before the jury. Let him bring his most precious prize that it may be tested in the fires of God’s eternal judgment. Watch it all disappear in smoke, leaving place for the rebuilding of a brand new society based of the loving Laws of our Father.
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