EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/06/2025 4:44 PM
My Worship Time Focus “Loved”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Jude
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Message of the verse: “beloved in God the Father,”
I guess this is more of an afternoon Spiritual Diary, and
today we get to talk about the truth that Jude was “beloved in God the Father,”
something that all believers can say, and that is because God chose to save
believers because He loved them, and that is great news. This is based totally on His sovereign
pleasure and for reasons beyond human comprehension. Let us now look at some verses that go along
with that:
Romans
9:11-13 “11 (for the children not yet being
born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to
election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls), 12 it was said to
her, “The older shall serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, “Jacob I have
loved, but Esau I have hated.”
Romans 10:20 “20 But Isaiah is very bold and says: “I was
found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not
ask for Me.’”
1 Cor. 1:26-29 “26 For consider your calling, brethren,
that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble; 27 but God has chosen the
foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has
chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, 28 and
the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that
are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, 29 so that no man may
boast before God.”
James 2:5 “Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose
the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom
which He promised to those who love Him?”
I
continue, the Father purposed to set His love on certain sinners and redeem
them, and this truth can be find in Matt. 11:27; Romans 8:28-30; and Ephesians
1:4) (I will leave it up to you to look at these verses as they are
familiar. Even when they were rebels,
God chose them to be His children and the beneficiaries of Christ’s death. As Paul told the Romans, “But God
demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ
died for us” (Rom. 5:8; look also at John 3:16; 13:1 and 1 John 4:10, 19).
I
thought that I would finish this section this evening, but I don’t think that
will happen, but what I am going to do now is quote a paragraph from John
MacArthur’s commentary to finish this SD.
“Beloved
translates a perfect passive participle derived from the familiar verb agapao. The perfect tense indicates that
God placed His love on believers in eternity past (Eph. 1:4-5), with results
that continue in the present and into the future. Out of His uninfluenced and selective love,
the Father determined who would believe from before the foundation of the world
(cf. Acts 13:48; 2 Thess. 2:13; 2 Tim. 1:9).
That love required that He also give His Son to die on the cross in
their stead, paying the penalty for their sin (Isa. 53:5-6; Mark 10:45; John
3:16; 1 Peter 2:24). Out of His love, he
sent the Holy Spirit to convict them of sin, draw them to saving faith, and
regenerate their sinful hearts (John 3:3-8; 6:37, 44; Rom. 3:25-26; 8:1; 1 Cor.
6:11; Titus 3:5, 7). And it is out of
His love that God continues to secure and protect His children—promising them a
relationship with Him that will last for all eternity (cf. John 14:1-4; Eph
1:13-14; 5:27; 1 Peter 1:3-4).”
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