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Daily Bible Thoughts 706: Wednesday 17th September 2014.

Daily Bible thoughts 706: Wednesday 17th September 2014: Isaiah 37:21-38

If you doubt that ‘prayer changes things’, read verses 21 and 22 (see also 38), and reconsider. What if he had not prayed? Or what if he had prayed to a false God? ‘’Because you have prayed to me…’’ The blessing comes to those who pray to the Lord.

Often, when we pray, the Lord answers with a word (22-35). As we saw yesterday, the insults of Sennacherib were ultimately against Almighty God (23, 24; see also 4, 17, 28, 29.) This reminds me of the words, ‘’Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?’’ (Acts 9:4). Not only was Sennacherib a blasphemer, he was also boastful (24, 25). It was all ‘’I…I…I…’’ What he needed to understand was that he had nothing to boast about. God simply chose to use him as an instrument in His Sovereign purposes. ‘’Haven’t you gotten the news that I’ve been behind this all along? This is a longstanding plan of mine and I’m just now making it happen, using you to devastate strong cities, turning them into piles of rubble…’’ The Message. God did not approve of the bad things he did, and He did not make him do them. In fact, the king of Assyria would pay for his wickedness (28, 29). He received a message that the Lord knew his address and a big bill was winging its way through the post. He needed to be taught who was boss. He was going to get a visit. (Do we similarly boast of what we have achieved in Christian work, whilst forgetting that ‘’…God…makes things grow.’’ ? 1 Corinthians 3:7)

Hezekiah was given a confirmatory sign to endorse God’s word: ‘’This year’s crops will be slim pickings, and next year it won’t be much better. But in three years, farming will be back to normal, with regular sowing and reaping, planting and harvesting. What’s left of the people of Judah will put down roots and make a new start.’’  (30, 31) The Message.  The king of Judah was also told that God would defend the city of Jerusalem (33-35). That’s something the real God can do which a dead god can’t! No wonder Sennacherib had got so much success in other places, because there were lifeless deities on sentry duty (11-13). ‘’Don’t worry, he won’t enter this city, won’t let loose a single arrow…’’ The Message.

‘’Because you have prayed to me…’’ Who knows what God will do when we pray to Him? Who could have predicted the outcome described in (36, 37)? It is thought that this may have been a case of bubonic plague running rampantly through the Assyrian camp. Whatever it was, it got Sennacherib back home to Nineveh where two of his sons murdered him ‘’while he was worshipping’’ his own tin-pot, useless god (38; see 7). Who could have conceived of that? But the Sovereign Lord rules all things for His glory and the good of His people.

Prayer: Lord God, I am so glad that you answer prayer. I am encouraged to pray on.

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Daily Bible Thoughts 705: Tuesday 16th September 2014

Daily Bible thoughts 705: Tuesday 16th September 2014: Isaiah 37: 14-20

‘’Take it to the Lord in prayer.’’

It is wonderful to read about Hezekiah spreading out the letter, with all its malicious content, before the Lord. This action was a form of prayer in itself (14)

‘’Probably he literally handed in the letter to God, opening it and laying it down in the Holy Place, as though the responsibility of dealing with its contents no longer devolved upon himself…Let us more habitually hand over our anxieties and cares to God. God calls us to enter into his rest, i.e., to place Himself and his care between us and all that would hurt or annoy.’’ F.B.Meyer: Great verses through the Bible, p.283.

Hezekiah knew he prayed to a BIG God (16). His God was far bigger than Sennacherib and his Assyrian kingdom. It was David and Goliath all over again, but this ‘David’ saw his ‘Goliath’ in the light of God, and not as compared to himself. Assyria was one kingdom in the world, but the Lord is over them ‘’all’’ (16).Hezekiah recognised that Sennacherib had abused the Lord with his words (17). It wasn’t just the king of Judah and the people who were insulted. There was something deeper and more serious going on.

Faith faces facts (18). It is realistic. It does not bury its head in the sand. Faith is not denial. Hezekiah acknowledged what was correct in what Sennacherib said. But he went on to point out that the reason the gods of these devastated nations couldn’t save them was because they weren’t gods at all. They were dead things with no rescuing power (19). ‘’As in the Psalms, the situation clarified as he prayed (19), and his motive was raised to the highest level (20).’’ Derek Kidner: The ‘New Bible Commentary’, p. 654. ‘’It’s quite true, O GOD, that the kings of Assyria have devastated all the nations and their lands. They’ve thrown their gods into the trash and burned them – no great achievement since they were no-gods anyway, gods made in workshops, carved from wood and chiselled from rock. An end to the no-gods!’’ The Message. There is a huge difference between the Maker of heaven and earth (16) and man-made gods (19).

Hezekiah’s prayer closed with ‘’Hallowed be your name’’ (20). The highest motive in prayer is to see God glorified. True believers can’t stand it when God’s Name is blasphemed (17, 4). May our heart be in all our prayers, and may our heart always be for the honour of the Lord!

Prayer: Thank you Lord that you, the living God, are our shield. We do not look for help from gods our hands have made.

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Daily Bible thoughts 704: Monday 15th September 2014:

 Isaiah 37: 1-13

There is a right time to grieve, lament and repent (1-4). This is true even for ‘charismatic’ Christians. It can’t be all about ‘chandelier swinging’. There is a legitimate time to wear our equivalent of ‘’sackcloth’’ (1, 2). There is a time for serious, grown up praying that faces terrible realities with faith. Sometimes we are too trite and trivial; too silly and superficial, in our approach to Almighty God.

Notice that Hezekiah ‘’went into the temple of the LORD’’ (2), and ‘’…sent…to the prophet Isaiah…’’ (2). Let your troubles move you in the direction of God. Don’t be too proud to bend your knees in prayer, or to ask for the prayers of others (4b). When you recognise your ‘’no strength’’ (3), you are in a place to draw on the fullness of God’s strength. Always remember that the Lord knows about all the details of your difficulties (4). Nothing is hidden from Him.

‘’Ch.37…is a model of response to intimidation. Hezekiah’s steadfastness owed nothing to blind optimism; his sackcloth (1) was proof of that. His call for Isaiah’s prayer (4) showed where his confidence lay…’’ Derek Kidner: The ‘New Bible Commentary’, p.654.

The first thing God regularly says to His troubled people is ‘Don’t be afraid!’ It is so easy to operate out of fear instead of trust. Yes we need to be wise and careful, not silly and stupid. We ought to keep our discernment ‘radar’ always switched on. But let’s not allow fear to make us live closed in and folded up little lives. We can go out into each day holding the Hand of God and trusting in His power to keep us. In God and with God we can remain open and expansive in heart; generous in spirit.

You never know how God is going to turn around the difficult problems you pray about. But He has a plan even when you don’t. He often acts in the most surprising ways (5-7). What God said would happen, did happen. The enemy had lots of words of threat and bluster (10-13), but what God says stands above all the words of man. You don’t need many words from the Lord to drive the fear out of your heart, if you will just trust what He says. One Word from Him changes everything!

Prayer: Help me to hear and trust your voice above all the blaring voices of this world.

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Daily Bible thoughts 703: Friday 12th September 2014:

 Isaiah 36:13-22

Apart from Hezekiah’s psalm (38:9-20), chapters 36-39 are almost word for word concurrent with 2 Kings 18-20.

The ‘’great king’’ (13) did not take into account that he was up against the greatest Monarch (20). His pride went before a fall. It always does! Sennacherib missed the point when he banged on about the ‘’gods’’ of other nations not being able to stand in his way (18-20). They were useless because they were ‘’gods’’ – man-made deities. It would be different when he raised his fist against God (with a capital ‘G’); the maker of heaven and earth. Sometimes, when under assault, it is best to just keep quiet, and get on with what you have to do, trusting in God (21). It certainly isn’t a good idea to enter into a discussion with the devil. (You may remember from yesterday that Warren Wiersbe sees something of Satan’s tactics in the words of this man, speaking on behalf of his king.) Don’t debate him. Dismiss him, in Jesus’ Name!

‘’In ch.36, in general, the technique of subversion is displayed for all time in the speeches of vs 4-10, 13-20. There we see the tempter’s skilful use of truth, barbing his shafts with a few unanswerable facts (e.g. the perfidy of Egypt [6] and the failure of the gods [19]), his use of ridicule (8), threats (12b) and cajolery (16-17), and his perversion of theology –misrepresenting Hezekiah’s reforms (7), selecting from Isaiah’s preaching (10; cf. 10:6, 12) and drawing damaging conclusions from false religions (18-20). The king’s instruction, Do not answer him (21), took due account of the fact that the speaker was seeking victory, not truth.’’ Derek Kidner: The ‘New Bible Commentary’, p.654.

If, as we saw yesterday, a key word in the first half of this chapter is ‘’depend’’/ ‘’depending’’ ( 4-7), then a key word in the second section is ‘’deliver’’ (14, 15, 18, 20). I’m not aware that Hezekiah ever did try to make out that he could ‘’deliver’’ his people from Sennacherib (14), but, as we will see in the next chapter, he knew where deliverance was to be found. He and his people were delivered. In spite of all the prideful boasting of the enemy, deliverance came through faith. It still comes today to those who trust in the Lord. The torn clothes of (22) point to a sense of grief, repentance and deep need of God. The Lord was to come through for them in spectacular fashion.

‘’Silence is our best reply to the allegations and taunts of our foes. Be still, O persecuted soul! Hand over thy cause to God. It is useless to argue, even in many cases to give explanations. Be still, and commit thy cause to God. He has heard every word, and will answer. Thus Jesus held his peace, when falsely accused…But before going into this conflict be sure that, like Hezekiah, thou hast put from thee all that is false and evil. The iconoclasm of the good king which Rabshakeh so curiously misinterpreted was, after all, his main security. It is necessary that there should be no controversy between God and the soul which He is to defend.’’ F.B. Meyer: Great verses through the Bible, p.283.

Prayer: Lord help me to see through the enemy’s tantalising offers, and recognise the price that must ultimately be paid for accepting them (16, 17).

 

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Daily Bible thoughts 702: Thursday 11th September 2014:

 Isaiah 36: 1-12

It was their worst nightmare (1). That which they feared had come upon them. A people as cruel and barbarous as any you are currently hearing about on the news, if not more so, were camped on their door step. It looked like ‘curtains.’

The big army (2) was no doubt meant to intimidate. Bullies know how to turn the screw. They are experts at applying pressure to achieve their desired ends. Sennacherib had already demonstrated what this army could do (1).

He took a two-pronged approach. He sought to scare them with the size of his army, but also to undo their confidence with his words; words that were intended to terrify the people seeking to find shelter behind the walls of Jerusalem (11, 12). The big issue in these words is about ‘’depending’’. (See how the idea comes up in 5, 6, and 7). He was quite right to say that trust in Egypt would be futile (6). Isaiah himself had made the point clearly and well. They were not to trust in human alliances. ‘’Egypt? Don’t make me laugh. Egypt is a rubber crutch. Lean on Egypt and you’ll end up flat on your face.’’ The Message. But he was quite wrong to question the efficacy of trust in Almighty God (7). In the course of doing so, he showed that he had an imperfect understanding of what Hezekiah had done in his spiritual ‘clean up’ campaign. Hezekiah had not been telling the people that they were not to worship and trust in God anymore. He was calling them to get rid of their pagan gods.

The issue of where our confidence lies; who we depend upon; who we trust in is a major challenge to be faced day after day, and even moment by moment. Every difficulty and problem we run into forces us to choose. Will we trust in God or look to some substitute? Every ‘Egyptian’ crutch will snap under our weight and put splinters into our skin.

‘’From the words of the Rabshakeh (army field commander), you can learn much about warfare against your own spiritual enemy the devil. Satan is proud and confident of victory. He tries to frighten you into surrendering. He knows that the most important thing is where you put your faith (v.4). Are you trusting the world, yourself or the Lord (vv.6-7)? The enemy offers to give you something in return for your obedience (vv.8, 16), but there is always an ‘’until’’ involved (v.17)! He wants you to think that his gifts are as good as the Lord’s gifts and that the Lord cannot be trusted to help you (vv.14-15, 18). Use the shield of faith to quench those fiery darts (Eph.6:16) and never negotiate with Satan (v.21). Do what Hezekiah did: ask the Lord to help and believe His Word.’’ Warren W. Wiersbe: ‘With the Word’, p.473.

Prayer: Help me to truly believe that the greatest opposition can be overcome through faith in you Lord.

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Daily Bible thoughts 701: Wednesday 10th September 2014:

Psalm 107:10-22

This psalm covers various situations believing people might find themselves in during the course of a lifetime. Whatever comes our way we can turn to God in prayer and find His help.

Here are two further examples. Both have to do with disobedience to God’s Word (11, 17). In both sets of circumstances there is a price to pay for rebellion against God. In the first example it is ‘captivity’ written on the bill (10-16); in the second it is ‘sickness’. We cannot sin as God’s people and think we will get away with it. Someone said that sin in a Christian is never less than serious. It seems that God has set things up so that when we set our faces against Him we experience consequences that drive us back to Him. Then, when we come to Him sincerely, with genuinely repentant hearts, He will be gracious and merciful to us, rescuing us from dire situations, and putting songs of praise to God in our hearts and mouths (15, 21, and 22). Haven’t you proved the essential truth of this psalm over and again?

In (10-16) the psalmist describes people whose circumstances have become confined and constricted because of rebellion against God’s Word (11). He may have in mind a literal imprisonment or enslavement, as happened to the Israelites at various points in their history. But there is also a spiritual darkness and bondage that can come upon people who fight against the truth. They resist the liberating knowledge that would otherwise set them free (John 8:31, 32). How miserable it is to be out of step with God and know that you are. Yet God will even deliver rebels if they genuinely call out to Him for mercy. ‘’In the garden (Gn.3) it was the purpose of the serpent to make the word of God seem unnaturally restrictive, an unwarranted denial of human liberty. Too late the man and his wife discovered that it was only by binding themselves to obey God’s word that they enjoyed liberty (cf. Ps. 119:45)…How often divine mercy protects us from the results of our own false choices we shall never know, but sometimes, with equal love, the barrier is allowed to fall and we experience the bitter bondage we have brought on ourselves. But even then we can pray (13) and find that…grace responds to prayer in deliverance (14-16).’’ J.A. Motyer: The ‘New Bible Commentary’, p.558.

As already noted, (17-22) deal with a similar situation, but here the outcome is one of suffering ‘’affliction’’ (17). This may refer to physical, mental or spiritual illness. As Motyer says, sin is our all-time ‘’own goal’’. Through it we bring great damage to ourselves. But when these people cry to God, He will send ‘’forth his word’’ and heal them (20). So God’s Word brings judgment on those who disobey it, but healing to those who accept and believe and obey it. ‘’Just as the source of our spiritual plight is rejection of the word (11), so the return to spiritual wholeness (20) is through the return of the word into our lives.’’ J.A. Motyer: The ‘New Bible Commentary’, p. 558.

‘’When the heart is quiet in God, the eye looks out on the scenes of nature and life around it, and detects everywhere, even where to ordinary men every appearance seems in the contrary direction, the loving-kindness of the Lord. As life advances, and one climbs the hill, one is able to review the path by which life has been directed and controlled. We observe with the wisdom which we have obtained by long experience, and we understand God’s reasons for many rebuffs, denials, and bitter disappointments. I believe that we shall one day turn to Him, and say, when we know all, ‘’Thou couldst not have done otherwise. We would not have wished otherwise.’’ ‘’ F.B. Meyer: Great verses through the Bible, p.233.

Prayer: Lord, I need your healing Word today.

 

 

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Daily Bible thoughts 700: Tuesday 9th September 2014:

Galatians 1:11-24

Have you seen those slimming ads that show before and after pictures? In some cases, there are those who have dieted in such a disciplined way that they are barely recognisable as being the same people. Yet, in spiritual terms, Paul’s (or Saul’s) transformation was infinitely greater than any dietary success story (23, 24). When we watch the news at the moment, and obviously we are disturbed by it, let’s remember that this man had, at one time, murderous intent towards Christians. Then he became one! God is in the business of changing people and making them new creations in Christ. ‘’I’m sure that you’ve heard the story of my earlier life when I lived in the Jewish way. In those days I went all out in persecuting God’s church. I was systematically destroying it. I was so enthusiastic about the traditions of my ancestors that I advanced head and shoulders above my peers in my career. Even then God had designs on me.’’ (13-15a) The Message. So be encouraged by Paul. Keep sharing your faith and pray on. Don’t despair of anyone; not even the very worst. If you look at (13) and then (23) you will see something of the greatness of the miracle. It was ‘darkness to light’. It took God to explain such a change (24), and God did receive the praise (24)

Paul recognised that his conversion was entirely due to the Sovereign grace of God. Long before he cared to know Jesus, and, indeed during the years he persecuted Him, He was ‘’set…apart’’ by God to preach the gospel of Christ. He just didn’t know it yet.

What changes God brings about in the hearts and minds of people to bring them to an ‘about turn’! At one time Paul was very proud of his Jewish heritage, tradition and accomplishments (14; see also Philippians 3: 4-11). But he came to see that all the things he prided himself in were ‘’loss’’ and ‘’rubbish’’ compared with the shining jewel of knowing Christ and possessing His gift of righteousness (Phil.3: 7, 8). However religious you are, religion is not enough. Don’t confuse religion with Christianity. Saul of Tarsus was arguably one of the most religious men to walk the planet, but he hated Christians and set out to arrest them. He wanted them dead!

But because Paul, the new man in Christ and now an apostle, knew the threat to the Galatian churches (as we saw yesterday), he was anxious to show that his message should not be ‘perverted’ (7). False teachers had come along and were tinkering under the bonnet of truth. But they were not authorised to change anything. Paul’s gospel was Paul’s because he preached it, and not because he invented it. It was not man-made but God-given (11, 12). You will see why it was so important for Paul to stress this point. He wanted them to know this (11). The Galatians needed to know that the gospel was a fixed body of truth they were not to deviate from. Paul’s message did not even come from a process of consultation with other key leaders (16, 17). He had a personal ‘’revelation from Jesus Christ’’ (12). It seems that this took place in ‘’Arabia’’ and he may have been there for three years (18a). Not until later did he meet Peter and James. They didn’t give him a message to preach, but Jesus did.

Prayer: In my life, Lord, be glorified today.

 

 

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Daily Bible thoughts 699: Monday 8th September 2014:

 Galatians 1:6-10

In his early travels, Paul ‘’founded a series of churches in the Roman province of Galatia. A few years later Paul learned that religious leaders of the old school had come into those churches, called his views and authority into question, and were reintroducing the old ways, herding all these freedom-loving Christians back into the coral of religious rules and regulations. Paul was, of course, furious. He was furious with the old guard for coming in with their strong-arm religous tactics…But he was also furious with the Christians for caving in to the intimidation.’’ Eugene Peterson: ‘Introduction to Galatians.’

In this letter Paul ‘gets down to brass tacks’ straight away. The gospel of ‘’grace’’ was at stake and Paul was at pains to defend it. The gloves are off. He is at white heat. He doesn’t spend a lot of time on niceties and pleasantries. He wasn’t a slave to people-pleasing (10). The Galatians might not like his approach. Some people might like him less for his frankness. But that wasn’t the issue for him. He remembered whose servant he was and concentrated on pleasing Him. Desperate times can require desperate measures. He doesn’t even commend them for anything (contrary to his normal pattern). He gets straight to the point: ‘’I can’t believe your fickleness – how easily you have turned traitor to him who called you by the grace of Christ by embracing a variant message! It is not a minor variation, you know; it is completely other, an alien message, a no-message, a lie about God. Those who are provoking this agitation among you are turning the Message of Christ on its head.’’ The Message. Paul actually uses the language of military desertion in (6). He was facing a grave situation, and urgently needed to address it. It wasn’t simply a case of abandoning the teaching of the gospel, but the Person of the gospel: ‘’the one’’ (6) who is at the heart and centre of the gospel. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself is the embodiment of the ‘good news’ (See also 5:4)

This is the second mention of ‘’grace’’ in just a few verses (6; see also 3). It is the key theme of Galatians. We are not saved by God’s grace plus anything, but by grace alone, through faith. The ‘Judaizers’ who regularly dogged Paul’s steps, were teaching that in order to be saved you must believe in Jesus and be circumcised. If someone ‘perverts’ (7) the ‘’gospel of Christ’’, changing its truth and meaning, they create a ‘’different gospel,’’ (6). Such a man-made ‘gospel’ is ‘’no gospel at all’’ (7). It is bad news not good news and it creates ‘’confusion’’ (7). I was talking with someone recently about the confusion that must exist in our nation because there is no clear note of truth sounded from the traditional churches. While some churches preach the gospel uncompromisingly, and we thank God for them, others spoon out poisonous deviations that can ‘kill’ people spiritually. It’s not politically correct to say this, but error destroys people. We have a responsibility to point it out and resist it and do all we can do correct it.

Truth matters! (8, 9). No-one can read and understand Galatians and think that it doesn’t. Paul said, ‘Even if an angel from heaven should stand in your pulpit and preach a gospel other than the one you heard from us ‘’let him be eternally condemned!’’ This is an incredibly strong statement, and Paul uses it twice. It refers to God’s own curse. ‘’All readers of this letter are confronted with matters that affect their eternal destiny.’’ Moises Silva, ‘New Bible Commentary, p.1209.

‘’The gospel is neither a discussion nor a debate. It is an announcement.’’ Paul S. Rees.

Prayer: Help me Lord to always stay true to truth, as truth is true to you.

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Daily Bible thoughts 698: Friday 5th September 2014:

Galatians 1: 1-5

Paul had a divine encounter that changed his life completely. He had no intention of becoming a Christian. He was set on destroying the church (13, 14; see Acts 9:1). His aim was to arrest Christians and cart them off to jail. But then one day Christ apprehended him while he was on the road to Damascus (Philippians 3:12). One preacher said that Paul ‘felt the Hand of the Heavenly Policeman on his shoulder.’(In fact, having ‘a Damascus road experience’ has entered into common parlance for anyone having a major turnaround in thought and behaviour.) Paul met the risen Lord and was changed in the encounter. Furthermore, it was fundamental to what he had to say to the Galatian church that they should understand that his ministry was not man made (11, 12). So, meeting Jesus changed Saul’s life (and name!) and gave him a ministry (1). He was ‘’an apostle’’ – a ‘sent one’ – because the living Lord Jesus, and His Father God who raised Him from the grave, sent him. Paul had a divine encounter and in that he received a divine commission.

Paul was a team player (2a). Undeniably he was a bright individual who, probably, would have shone in any arena. He was multi-gifted. But he never let people put him on a pedestal. He didn’t insist on titles and privilege. He was just plain Paul, faithfully getting on with his work, and knowing that he had a particular role to play in a large team. He knew who he was in God and didn’t need special ‘handles’ to impress. There were others working for God on the same team, and Paul affirmed them; loved to work with those the Lord brought alongside him, and expressed his need of their help and support. He didn’t play the part of the ‘big shot’ leader; the superstar evangelist. He didn’t see himself as the ‘super nova’ Christian, outshining the rest. Maybe God had made him an outstanding ‘striker’ and team captain, but he was still part of a team. He knew he was nothing without the others. I say, ‘Thank God for the church.’

Great leader that Paul was, he knew to Whom the glory belonged (5), and it wasn’t to him. Any success he saw (and let’s face it, he was massively successful) was the Lord’s work through him.

Verse 4 presents the heart of Paul’s Christ revealed (12) gospel. It is the good news about what Jesus Himself has done for us through His sacrifice; His self-offering on the cross of Calvary. This substitutionary death was ‘’according to the will of our God and Father’’. It flows from the ‘’Grace’’ of God; His undeserved favour. It leads to ‘’peace’’. I once heard a preacher say that he had read that you could fill the ‘Royal Albert Hall’ in London with the amount of tablets people in the U.K. take, in one week, in a desperate attempt to find peace. True ‘shalom’; authentic harmony and wholeness, will not be found anywhere else other than in Jesus Christ, and through His work on the cross. Someone said that grace and peace are the two main pillars of the gospel. Everything comes from grace, and centres in Christ and His cross, and issues in peace. We are all born into ‘’the present evil age’’ (4). ‘The world’ – secular society: i.e. society ordered without reference to God, exerts a huge influence over every person living in it. We are surrounded by its poisonous fumes, like some invisible gas. We breathe in its ideologies and standards and values etc often without knowing it. It is Satan’s kingdom (John 16:11). Jesus came to set us free from it by His work on the cross. He paid an enormous price for our deliverance. He doesn’t take us out of the world, but frees us from its evil (John 17:15).Once Paul got a hold of this message (or it got a hold of him) it caused him to ‘give himself.’ Fired and fuelled by the thought of Jesus and His cross, he went all over the Roman empire to tell everyone he could about the liberating work of Jesus. When the truth sets you free, you don’t want to keep it to yourself.

Prayer: Thank you Jesus that I share your victory.

 

 

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