Message from Scripture: 10/21/2020

 

Our message from Scripture today is 1 Cor. 1:23; “We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles. Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.”

 

It is sad there are those would classify God and the teaching of Scripture as being foolish, void of real meaning for life. What makes it even sadder is how the mundane things of life are now being called spiritual experiences. While there are experiences in life one can enjoy, they don’t fit being spiritual if they don’t have a spiritual focus. I recently saw a commercial for playing golf that called it a spiritual experience. All I can say about that is, how I play golf is definitely not a spiritual experience.

 

That which is spiritual is what is based in the eternal, not that which is temporal. That which is of the flesh cannot compare to the spiritual, which, as Paul goes on to say, “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Cor. 2:9).

 

In reality, to live just for the flesh is foolishness, as it will not endure. We may not know when we will pass from this existence, but we know, unless our Lord returns, we will pass. To live without considering the spiritual, meaning God and His will, Christ and His sacrifice, the Spirit and His inspired word, will only disappoint when we face eternity, which is only spiritual in nature. None of us want to find out our emphasis in life, when we stand before Christ for God’s judgment, that we were foolish in our focus.

 

In the gospel of Luke, Jesus spoke what has been called the parable of the rich fool, who said to himself, “I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.” ’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God” (12:19-21).  Make the spiritual what you live for, and be wise for eternity. God bless.

 

Robert