SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/16/2021 11:13 AM
My Worship Time
Focus: PT-4
“The Response of Unbelieving Indifference”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
11:20-24
Message of the verses: “20 Then He began to reproach the cities in which most of
His miracles were done, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin!
Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which
occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 “Nevertheless
I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day
of judgment, than for you. 23 “And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven,
will you? You shall descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom
which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. 24 "Nevertheless
I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the
day of judgment, than for you.’”
We now begin to look at another city that was guiltier
still, and that would be Capernaum as we read ““And you, Capernaum, will not be
exalted to heaven, will you? You shall descend to Hades.” I have mentioned in earlier SD’s that this is
where Jesus made His headquarters in this very beautiful, prosperous fishing
village which was on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. This is where He performed more miracles and
preached more sermons in and around Capernaum than any other place during His
entire ministry. He raised Jairus’s daughter
from the dead here and healed the nobleman’s son. It was here that He healed the demoniac, also
healed Peter’s mother-in-law, the woman with the hemorrhage, the two blind men,
the centurion’s servant, the dumb demoniac, and the paralytic who was lowered
through the roof by his friends. Just
take a moment to think about all that was done by the Lord here, and yet there
was very little response from the people who saw and lived near where all this
was done. Jesus goes on to say about the
people in this city “And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you?” He goes on to tell them where they will
eternally be “You shall descend to Hades.”
I have written about Hades before and mentioned that this was not hell,
and another name for this was Gehenna, which was a dump outside the gates of
Jerusalem where the fire did not ever go out.
I also mentioned that from a book that I read written by Erwin W.
Lutzer “One Minute After You Die.” In
this book he states that no one is in hell now, but it will be after the Great
White Throne Judgments that unbelievers will be sent to hell.
I
will try and conclude this section in our next SD as there are some very trying
things going on today.
12/16/2021 11:31 AM
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