January 6
In the day of final judgment, every lost soul will understand the nature of his own rejection of truth. The cross will be presented, and its real bearing will be seen by every mind that has been blinded by transgression. Before the vision of Calvary with its mysterious Victim, sinners will stand condemned. Every lying excuse will be swept away. Human apostasy will appear in its heinous character. Men will see what their choice has been. Every question of truth and error in the long-standing controversy will then have been made plain. In the judgment of the universe, God will stand clear of blame for the existence or continuance of evil. It will be demonstrated that the divine decrees are not accessory to sin. There was no defect in God's government, no cause for disaffection. When the thoughts of all hearts shall be revealed, both the loyal and the rebellious will unite in declaring, "Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints. Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? . . . for Thy judgments are made manifest." Rev. 15:3, 4.
Desire of Ages, page 58 from the chapter, 'The Dedication'
What is your comment on this passage? I was listening to a not very funny comedian (who I had never heard of) mocking God and Christians yesterday and realised that he wasn’t just trying to be shocking. He believed the rubbish he was saying. Our passage reveals that he will see what his choices have been and what those choices will result in. Even so, he will bow before God.
What about your next door neighbour? I was locked out of my house late on Saturday night. My next door neighbour couldn’t open the door but he could look after me while we waited for the locksmith. What have I been doing about my good neighbour’s salvation? What will be his fate at the end of time.
I don’t know how things are going with you and your partner and the people you are praying for – but at the start of the year you might review your list of people that you are praying for, perhaps decide to drop an individual or add a person, but take a little time to re-motivate yourself.
Tomorrow we move on to the next chapter, ‘We have seen His star’.
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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
