Message from Scripture: 12/27/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today is 1 Cor. 3:18-19. “Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God.”

 

We live in a world where the subjective takes precedence over the objective, where feelings guide people more than truth. Statements such as “well I feel,” or “I believe” are often heard, which are more of a desire of how we would like things to be, but often times are not. This is especially true in matters of faith, in how people want God to be, how He should respond. It is what we personally want, rather than what God has revealed in Scripture.

 

Certainly, God has given us our emotions, but our emotions must be governed by the will of God, as the only other option is for them to be governed by sin. The preeminence of God is revealed to us in His word. Scripture is to be the arbiter of how we feel, of what we believe, of how we live. As Paul told the church in Colossae, “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority” (Col. 2:8-10).

 

As Jesus faced His greatest hour of trial, He was determined to seek God’s will, not His own feelings or desires. In the garden He prayed, “Yet not my will, but Yours be done” (Luke 22:42). We are not greater than our Lord. His will must be our will for life. We must be transformed by the renewing of our minds to that good and acceptable and perfect will of God (Rom. 12:2). May we rely on His revealed will to guide us, and not the desires of the flesh. God bless.

 

Robert