What a day!! So many things going on, I start a new class tomorrow, my wife and son are sick, and my mother-in-law is in the hospital. I could be boggled down with life's problems, but I truly believe things will work for the greater good. What that may be, I don't know, and really, is it my job to predict the future? Is it my job to decide what is best for God and his ways? Anyway, I digress. My quiet time was good. Here is a scripture I looked at:
Hebrews 2:9-10
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Continuing on from my previous post, salvation is made perfect in suffering. What a thought. God is love. "God is good. God is great. Thank you for our food. Amen." God seems to be a lot of things. But in Hebrews, it says salvation is perfect through suffering. Which made me think of a scripture to follow up to this thought.
Hebrews 12:1-11
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Is discipline a form of suffering? Maybe for some. When David committed adultery with Bathsheba and she became pregnant, David went through a form of discipline when God brought down judgment on him and took away the child. Did David suffer? I would think so. I mean, he ended up fasting for days on end when the child was sick. When the child finally passed away, David decided that God's decision would not be overturned and he returned back to his life an usual. Well, very good. That's all I have for now. Let me know your thoughts.
Hebrews 2:9-10
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Continuing on from my previous post, salvation is made perfect in suffering. What a thought. God is love. "God is good. God is great. Thank you for our food. Amen." God seems to be a lot of things. But in Hebrews, it says salvation is perfect through suffering. Which made me think of a scripture to follow up to this thought.
Hebrews 12:1-11
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Is discipline a form of suffering? Maybe for some. When David committed adultery with Bathsheba and she became pregnant, David went through a form of discipline when God brought down judgment on him and took away the child. Did David suffer? I would think so. I mean, he ended up fasting for days on end when the child was sick. When the child finally passed away, David decided that God's decision would not be overturned and he returned back to his life an usual. Well, very good. That's all I have for now. Let me know your thoughts.
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