The force of daily habits pulled me away from the fixed local church, and along with it came the loss of the desire to listen to sermons. This led me - and even forced me - to study on my own. Not that it is an effort that bores me, but the more I know the Word, the easier it becomes to see and understand how God never wanted religiosity.
The various theologies, which I briefly mentioned in my last post, are part of one of my studies this semester. In the verse (see Isaiah 57:21) "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked." Wouldn't this be what is happening nowadays? Or would it?
This chapter shows us the secret of fellowship with God and how to develop a deep fellowship with Him. In the previous chapters, one of the reasons for God's judgment upon His people, Israel and Jerusalem, was disobedience - the way they began to pervert justice and turn away from the truth the Lord had established in the covenant at Sinai, through the Law.
Moving on to ( Isaiah 57:1), we see that, even in that time, those who obeyed God were treated with hostility. How many times did the Lord Jesus Himself, in ( John 15:20), affirm that the righteous would be persecuted. ( Matthew 10:21) "You will be persecuted and handed over, even by your own relatives."
In ( Isaiah 57:2), we understand the reason. The righteous were taken away to be spared from evil.
Many times, the Lord allows the death of His saints precisely to deliver them from something worse.
Part 1
The force of daily habits pulled me away from the fixed local church, and along with it came the loss of the desire to listen to sermons. This led me - and even forced me - to study on my own. Not that it is an effort that bores me, but the more I know the Word, the easier it becomes to see and understand how God never wanted religiosity.
The various theologies, which I briefly mentioned in my last post, are part of one of my studies this semester. In the verse (see Isaiah 57:21) "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked." Wouldn't this be what is happening nowadays? Or would it?
This chapter shows us the secret of fellowship with God and how to develop a deep fellowship with Him. In the previous chapters, one of the reasons for God's judgment upon His people, Israel and Jerusalem, was disobedience - the way they began to pervert justice and turn away from the truth the Lord had established in the covenant at Sinai, through the Law.
Moving on to ( Isaiah 57:1), we see that, even in that time, those who obeyed God were treated with hostility. How many times did the Lord Jesus Himself, in ( John 15:20), affirm that the righteous would be persecuted. ( Matthew 10:21) "You will be persecuted and handed over, even by your own relatives."
In ( Isaiah 57:2), we understand the reason. The righteous were taken away to be spared from evil.
Many times, the Lord allows the death of His saints precisely to deliver them from something worse.
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