SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/30/2021 10:13 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-1 “Vindication
by God”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
10:26-27
Message of the verse: “26 “Therefore do not fear them, for
there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be
known. 27 “What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what
you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.”
In
our last SD we looked at the introduction to “A Disciple Does Not Fear the
World,” which was the introduction to Matthew 10:26-31. Now today we look at the first sub-section
under this main section. Now the first
thing we can learn from this is that believers should never be afraid of the
world because they know God will one day vindicate the. Now verse 26 begins with the familiar word “therefore”
and this looks back to what Jesus had said in verse 25, “25 "It is enough for the disciple that he become as his
teacher, and the slave as his master. If they have called the head of the house
Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!” We know from our study of the
Word of God that there are times when God’s children will be mistreated and
accused of being wicked and even demonic.
Jesus’ Words are “do not fear them that is those who cause you
trouble. The next word we look at is “for”
and this looks forward, introducing the promise that in the end God will make
everything right. MacArthur adds “All
truth and goodness and all falsehood and wickedness will be seen for what they
really are.”
MacArthur
goes on to write “The world is highly successful at illusion and deception. It can make an impressive and convincing case
for sin by covering it over with seemingly good motives and helpful
benefits. The world puts the best face
on wickedness and the worst face on righteousness. But the Lord has decreed that “there is
nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.” The worlds wickedness will be shown for what
it is, and believers’ righteousness will be shown for what it is. God has bound Himself to vindicate His
children.”
Now
as believers we should not be concerned about what the world says at this time,
but about what God will say on that final day.
When the Lord returns, and He will return, He “will both bring to light
the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and
then each man’s praise will come to him from God” (1 Cor. 4:5). So what greater motive could we as believers,
have for faithfully serving the Lord and fearlessly facing the world? Why should we worry about unpopularity in
this life when we know we will be fully vindicated in the life to come, and
that life will come for both unbelievers in hell and believers in heaven. Both believers and unbelievers will be
resurrected, believers to a place in heaven and unbelievers in hell. Paul calls this great coming event “the
revealing of the sons of God’ (Rom. 8:19) and “the freedom of the glory of the
sons of God” (Rom. 8:21; compare also 1 Timothy 5:24-25).
10/30/2021 10:33 AM
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