Message from Scripture: 7/08/2021

 

Today our message from Scripture comes from John 17:17. “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.”

 

There are many disciplines that require narrow, well-defined guidelines. Within these disciplines, strict principles must be carefully followed, if the desired results are to be achieved. Chemistry, for example, must follow certain rules and standards, or the results could be disastrous. Would you be willing to take a certain prescription, knowing the pharmacist made it by randomly mixing together unknown drugs? We realize that, in most of life, just anything won’t do.

 

Why is it, then, when it comes to matters of faith, many believe anything will do? Of course, God wants us to offer ourselves to Him freely from the heart, in sincerity and love.  But the same God also created the world with specific laws of nature that govern the world in such a way we have order, not chaos. He has also defined in His word, which alone is truth, how we must live to please Him, and have the hope of eternal life.

 

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, “For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few” (Matt. 7:14). God’s way for us to live is described by Jesus as narrow, narrow because it must be according to His will alone.  Only God’s way leads to eternal life. Those who give themselves to Him will find abundant grace and mercy to reach this goal.

 

Today, let’s go out to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If we submit our lives to His will, and faithfully entrust our souls to Him, we can have confidence in all His promises, today and eternally. God bless.

 

Robert