Below is the daily Bible reading I am doing for the West Side Church of Christ. Please feel free to follow along.
Jesus knew that there had to be a process in which he revealed himself. There was one verse in today’s reading (Mark 1) that made this very evident. This verse said … “He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.” The demons knew who Jesus was. They had seem him before. Jesus was the creator of the heavens. Jesus was the one who threw Lucifer (Satan) and his demons out of heaven. They understood who he was and why he was there.
However, Jesus knew there was a process. At this early stage, he knew that if people had an inclination he was the messiah, then the whole process could be thwarted. So he squelched the voice of them who knew the truth. He did all of this so that the time would be right to reveal who he was. He needed to build a following, and he needed to be rejected by that following so that he could go to the cross and save our sins.
When you read scripture do you see the subtleties of how God is working through the lives of his servants? What are some one line passages, passages you have read over many times with no thought, that suddenly you read it and they scream out to you God’s plan in a new way?
Showing posts with label Fullness of Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fullness of Time. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
In the Fullness of Time
Below is the daily Bible reading I am doing for the West Side Church. Please feel free to follow along.
If you have been following this Bible reading since the beginning of Acts you have heard me mention several times the idea of the fullness of time. In Galatians 4:4-5 Paul writes … “But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might received the full rights of sons.” One of the things we can take from that verse is this understanding … when the world was ready, both spiritually and physically, Christ came into the world. One thing I think this refers to is the world control by the Roman Government.
The Roman Governments rule is very evident in the last couple days of reading. We see how they are moving and working in the case of Paul. Because of their way of doing things, and because they do not easily put to death, esp. Roman citizens, Paul’s life is spared. The same holds true for Today’s reading (Acts 25). When Paul sees that things might get a little testy, and possibly a little dangerous, he pulls out the ultimate trump card … he appeals to Caesar.
The idea of the fullness of time gives us a little more insight into the hedge of protections God has placed around his servants. We are beneficiaries of that hedge of protection as well. Paul, and all the other disciples, utilized the Roman world to spread the message of the Cross. Now because the message and the salvation was from God it was going to prevail no matter what happened, but it also shows us how God uses mans things for his purposes. (On a side note ... how is He using the things in your life for his purposes?) The protection the disciples experienced helped them to spread the message and root it so deep into the history of the world that we can easily know the creator of the world today.
If you have been following this Bible reading since the beginning of Acts you have heard me mention several times the idea of the fullness of time. In Galatians 4:4-5 Paul writes … “But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might received the full rights of sons.” One of the things we can take from that verse is this understanding … when the world was ready, both spiritually and physically, Christ came into the world. One thing I think this refers to is the world control by the Roman Government.
The Roman Governments rule is very evident in the last couple days of reading. We see how they are moving and working in the case of Paul. Because of their way of doing things, and because they do not easily put to death, esp. Roman citizens, Paul’s life is spared. The same holds true for Today’s reading (Acts 25). When Paul sees that things might get a little testy, and possibly a little dangerous, he pulls out the ultimate trump card … he appeals to Caesar.
The idea of the fullness of time gives us a little more insight into the hedge of protections God has placed around his servants. We are beneficiaries of that hedge of protection as well. Paul, and all the other disciples, utilized the Roman world to spread the message of the Cross. Now because the message and the salvation was from God it was going to prevail no matter what happened, but it also shows us how God uses mans things for his purposes. (On a side note ... how is He using the things in your life for his purposes?) The protection the disciples experienced helped them to spread the message and root it so deep into the history of the world that we can easily know the creator of the world today.
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