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cember 15
“Satan in heaven had hated Christ for His position in the courts of God. He hated Him the more when he himself was dethroned. He hated Him who pledged Himself to redeem a race of sinners. Yet into the world where Satan claimed dominion God permitted His Son to come, a helpless babe, subject to the weakness of humanity. He permitted Him to meet life's peril in common with every human soul, to fight the battle as every child of humanity must fight it, at the risk of failure and eternal loss.”
There must be something special going on for God to allow Jesus to come to the earth despite the dangers. We have seen that there was a plan which God had developed over the centuries. We know that behind the plan was not a determination for God to simply carry out the task because that was his plan at stake. God had the plan to save mankind because He loved mankind. The risk was taken for us.
That said, Jesus didn’t come on His own. The simple statement is, “God was in Christ”. In the First World War ordinary men died in the trenches. There were whole regiments of men drawn from single towns. “Pal’s regiments” they were known as, one of the most famous was the “Accrington Pals.” A song, by Mike Harding, can be listened to here. This describes the loss of young men for Queen and Country. Of course the Generals didn’t die.
When Jesus came to the earth God made the commitment with His Son. And of course, we aren’t on our own either. Nor can we be on our own. “God permitted Him (Jesus) to meet life's peril in common with every human soul, to fight the battle as every child of humanity must fight it.” We are to continue the battle, we can’t be left on our own.
Take strength in a Bible verse, “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness” 2 Peter 1:3
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Housekeeping details for you
The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.
A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here
