The prophet Jeremiah noted,
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick;
who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9, ESV).
who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9, ESV).
Similarly, the apostle James said,
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.
Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word
but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and,
after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,
and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does” (James 1:22-25)
Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word
but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and,
after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,
and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does” (James 1:22-25)
The world does not understand what the absoluteness of the moral law is all about. Some get caught, some don’t get caught. But all things being equal, who of us would like our heart exposed on the front page of the newspaper today? Have there not been days and hours when like Paul, you’ve struggled within yourself, and said,
“ I do not understand what I do.
For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do… .
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? ”
(Romans 7:15, 24)
For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do… .
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? ”
(Romans 7:15, 24)
Each of us knows this tension and conflict within if we are honest with ourselves."A cruce salus"
From the cross comes salvation
