An Either/Or Matter

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Pete

Taking a hard and fast position isn’t all that popular these days . . . unless it’s a hard and fast position that asserts there shouldn’t be any hard and fast positions. Our world seems bent on replacing “either this or that” with “both this and that.” If something works for someone, it should be accepted by everyone. But I’m reminded this morning that, while not everything is a black-and-white issue, some things are. Some things are an either/or matter.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. (1John 4:1-3 ESV)

John writes of that which is either from God or not from God. Of those who are either “from the world” (4:5a), or those who are “from God” (4:6a). Of that which is either “the Spirit of truth,” or that which is “the spirit of error” (4:6b). And it hinges on a non-negotiable, you gotta take a stance, question. Who is Jesus Christ?

Those who confess, . . . those who believe and thus freely and openly declare, that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh are of God. Those who do not confess Jesus are not from God. It’s an either/or matter.

Those who confess, confess that He is Jesus. That the one given the name “Jehovah is Salvation” by His virgin mother did so under the direction of an angel sent of God. He was to be called Jesus because “He will save His people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21). Those who confess Him as Jesus affirm that He came into the world in order to redeem men and women through His death on the cross.

They also confess that He is Jesus the Christ. That He is the promised Messiah. The One spoken of in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms. That He is God’s blessed Servant, the one Isaiah said would allow Himself to be led like a lamb to the slaughter . . . that the Lord might lay on Him the iniquity of us all . . . that, by His wounds, we could be healed. That He is Branch of the vine of David, rightful heir to the throne. That throne established today in His invisible kingdom, the kingdom residing in the hearts of those who own Him as Lord of their lives. That throne which will one day be visibly established on earth as He returns in His majesty and glory. He is the Christ.

And, they confess that He is . . . not that He was. Their confession is more than some mental ascent to the historical reality of a carpenter from Nazareth who made some outlandish claims. But it is an ardent belief that Jesus the Christ has come into the world. He appeared in flesh . . . died on the cross . . . rose from the dead on the third day according to the Scriptures . . . ascended into heaven . . . and has sent His Spirit into the world.  His Spirit today calling men and women to faith and into relationship with the risen Christ.  His Spirit sealing and indwelling those who respond by faith that He might ever be with them. Oh, and that’s another either/or . . .

. . . for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (1John 4:4 ESV)

The Spirit of Christ in us trumps the spirit of all that is antichrist in the world.

It comes down to an either/or matter. Who is Jesus? “By this,” writes John, “we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.”

O’ that the Father would continue to reveal His Son by the Spirit of truth . . . through His people . . . according to His abundant grace . . . for His eternal glory.

Amen?

 

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Hindering Meditation

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Pete

None of them will be nominated for “Comforter of the Year.”  In fact, their notoriety lies in how badly they drew alongside Job to strengthen him in the aftermath of unimaginable tragedy.  And while they may have been better served to let their words be few, it’s not like Job doesn’t fuel their fire with his increasing demand to have an audience with God so that he can defend the unjustness of his situation.  Thus, we shouldn’t be too quick to disregard all that Job’s comforters speak to him.  Something Eliphaz says this morning has me thinking.

But your are doing away with the fear of God and hindering meditation before God.  (Job 15:4  ESV)

There’s a time for talking, and a time for thinking.  A time to state, “Here’s how it is!” . . . and a time to consider, “Why is it so?”  Sometimes it’s appropriate to let God know how you feel . . . but probably after you’ve spent some time reflecting on who He is.  So, as I noodle on it, I think there’s some wisdom in Eliphaz’s words.

Job’s desperation for answers leads to demands of God.  You get the sense that Job is looking for a face-to-face, man-to-man, hash-it-out meeting with the Almighty.  His fear of God is waning . . . his boldness is increasing . . . and it’s impacting his thinking . . . distorting his consideration . . . clouding his meditation.

Holy reverent awe of God can go a long way to proper meditation . . . and a more level headed assessment of a situation.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.  (Proverbs 9:10  ESV)

Given the open access I have been given to the throne of grace, I need to be careful of approaching in anyway that diminishes God’s holiness or exalts my human wisdom.

Instead, by maintaining the fear of God, by always remembering first who He is, then my meditation, my understanding, my insight will be unhindered and my spirit sensitive to His Spirit’s voice.

O’ that I might not hinder my meditation of Him.

By His grace . . .  for His glory.

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Making A Win Out Of A No Win Situation

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Pete

This morning I am chewing on the lengths to which God will go for the sake of His Name. Reading in Ezekiel 36 and 37 . . . and it’s kind of a no win for God.

Israel’s rebellion and spiritual adultery has profaned God’s holy name. The people who were called to come out of the nations and be separated unto the LORD, have not. In fact, by taking “the best” of the pagan practices from all the nations around them, they’ve become the worst. And so, God’s holy name is desecrated by the those He had called to be His holy people.

So what’s a holy and just God to do? He must judge sin. Rebellion and adultery demand wrath. So God judges their sin and scatters them among the nations. But that poses another problem when it comes to God’s name.

But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned My holy name , in that people said of them, “These are the people of the LORD, and yet they had to go out of His land.” (Ezekiel 36:20. ESV)

Don’t judge them and the name of God is tarnished because of their sin. Judge them and it says something about how “special,” or not, it is to be part of God’s chosen people. And so, for the sake of His holy name, and in order to vindicate His great name, God determines to do something beyond anyone’s imagination. He redeems a people who had turned their backs on Him.

He determines to gather His scattered flock . . . to cleanse them from their sin with a water He will provide Himself . . . to give them a new heart which is turned toward Him . . . to take up residence within their very spirits and souls through His own Holy Spirit . . . to bring them into the land of promise . . . and to be their God so that they might be His people. All that people might know that He is LORD. All for the sake of His holy name.

It is the Name that a world dead in sin desperately needs too know. And God goes to great lengths to make His name known.

For at the core of His plan to redeem a people is the necessity for sin’s wages to be paid in full. In order for God to justly and righteously call a sinful people to Himself, their sin must be atoned for. And the foundation upon which God’s name is held up as holy is the death and resurrection of His One and Only Son. The wages of sin paid in full . . . sin and death conquered forever . . . the Holy Spirit poured out without measure.

All for the sake of His holy name. And for the benefit of those who respond to the call to be His holy people.

All for the glory of the Name . . . All through the out-pouring of grace . . .

To Him be praise forever. Amen?

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Behold!

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Pete

Bottom line . . . I like the word “behold” better than the word “see.” I know the word behold literally means to see but, at least in my mind, beholding something is far more than just seeing something. Beyond just observing, to behold, for me, implies an intense focus. Perceiving not just with the eyes but with all of the senses able to connect with the object of the beholding. It invites inspection and examination . . . hints at discovery and discernment. So, if you’ll allow me, I’m “cherry picking” my Bible translation this morning as I chew on the following verses . . .

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.   (1John 3:1-3 NKJV)

Behold what manner of love. Focus on its makeup . . . discover its depth . . . consider its implication . . . glory in its reality.

The manner of love God has given to us is a love which declares us to be children of God. Those who have been redeemed from the slavery of sin have been adopted into the family of God. Offspring born of God . . . having God’s seed abiding in them.  Through the Spirit, invited to address the God of Creation as Abba Father. Behold what manner of love!

We are the children of God. Despite all our work-in-progress imperfections that doesn’t change. Even through our failures, He continues His work of fashioning us into the image of His beloved Son. We are not there yet (Boy! . .  . am I not there yet!), but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him. For now, His Spirit testifies with our Spirit of the Father’s steadfast love towards us . . . that we should be called children of God!

And so, John says, “Little children, abide in Him” (2:28).

Abide . . . and behold!

By His grace . . . for His glory.

 

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In A Double Fisted Grip

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Pete

The venue changes . . . but the debate continues. There’s a break between John 10:21 and John 10:22. No longer are they standing in the after effects of a blind man given sight and listening to Jesus speak of a Good Shepherd and His sheep, but now it is winter during the Feast of Dedication. And they are in Solomon’s colonnade in the temple. And the Jews are getting frustrated, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly” (10:24).

I did tell you, says Jesus, but you do not believe. In fact, I have also shown you many mighty works done in My Father’s name, but still you do not believe. They were deaf to His words because of unbelief . . . they were blind to the signs that testified of Him because of unbelief. And here’s why, says Jesus, “because you are not among My sheep” (10:25-26).

And though the time and place have changed, the conversation is about the same thing. Sheep. Sheep you hear the Good Shepherd’s voice. Sheep who are are known by the Good Shepherd. Sheep who follow where the Good Shepherd leads. Sheep you are given eternal life and will never perish. And sheep—this is the one that’s got me thinking this morning—who are in a double fisted grip.

“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Fathers hand. I and the Father are one.”    ~ Jesus (John 10:28-30 ESV)

Jesus says that He has given eternal life to those who believe in Him and no one is able to pluck them out of His hand. Jesus also says that those who believe have been given to Jesus by the Father, who is greater than all, and that nothing has the power to seize them from the Father’s hand. Those who hear and respond to the Good Shepherd’s voice, . . . those who follow, . . . those who are known by the Savior, . . . are those who are in the Son’s grip and in the grip of the Father who gave them to the Son. That is a double fisted grip.

Called by the Father, saved through the Son. Given by the Father, redeemed to be His own by the Son. Secure in the Father, doubly secure in the Son.

Such is the nature of the salvation freely given to all who believe the words and the works. To all who humble themselves as sheep, knowing they’ve gone astray . . . confessing that it was their sin which was laid upon the Shepherd, that they might be healed. Theirs is an eternal salvation . . . a secure salvation . . . a sure salvation . . . because it is bound by a double fisted grip. No one able to snatch a follower of Christ from Jesus’ hand . . . no power great enough to remove them from the Father’s hand.

And Jesus does the math for them. If no one can snatch His own from His hand . . . and no one can snatch those who are His from the Father’s hand . . . then, says Jesus, “I and the Father are one.”

I am secure this morning in the double fisted grip of the Triune God. One God . . . Three distinct Persons. Forever in the Father’s grip . . . forever in the Son’s grip . . . all through the abiding presence and eternal seal of the Spirit’s forever anointing (I read about that too this morning in 1John 2:26-27).

Sweet resting place . . . His double fisted grip.

By His grace . . . for His glory.

 

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They Know His Voice

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Pete

He described a dynamic to them. A dynamic which involved a connection between sheep and their shepherd. Their shepherd was the one who entered the sheepfold by the door. The gatekeepers affirmed his ownership of the flock by opening the gate intended to keep thieves and robbers out. Upon entering the fold, the sheep respond to their shepherd as they hear him call them by name. He then leads them out of their enclosure, and the safety of the pen. And they follow. Why? Because they know his voice.

Chewing on the first part of John 10 this morning. Jesus declaring Himself to be the “I am” of this amazing dynamic.

“I am the Door of the sheep” (10:7) . . . “I am the Good Shepherd” (10:11, 14).

Those who enter through Jesus the Door, “will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture” (10:9). While there are many offering backdoors to the “good life,” they are thieves and robbers and seek only to prey on the sheep. Jesus, Himself, is the entry point into life as God intended. “I came,” says Jesus, “that they may have life and have it abundantly” (10:10).

And the secret to such abundant life? They know His voice.

They know the voice of the Good Shepherd who laid down His life for the sheep. The voice that cried from the cross, “Father, forgive them, for they know what they do” (Luke 23:34). The voice that declared, as He breathed His last and offered Himself as the once for all sacrifice for the sin of the sheep, “It is finished” (John 19:30). The voice of the Shepherd risen from the dead that pronounced, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me . . . behold, I am with you always even to the end of the age” (Matt. 28:19-20). The voice, that even now, through the Spirit’s whisper, beckons, ” Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matt 11:28).

They know His voice.

They know it in their joy. They know it in their sorrow. In their victories and in their defeats. When they are in lock-step with the Shepherd as He leads, and when they wander and hear His voice calling them back to Himself.

. . . they will listen to My voice. So there will be one flock, one Shepherd.   ~ Jesus (John 10:16b)

What grace to know the Good Shepherd’s voice.

Amen?

 

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Before God

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Pete

Sometimes it’s all about where you put the emphasis. Take a phrase, or a question, and place the emphasis on different words and you can have a very different phrase or question. The nuance shifts . . . the question really asks a different question. Case in point, Job’s question at the beginning of chapter 9:

Then Job answered and said: “Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?”
 (Job 9:1-2 ESV)

Place the emphasis on the words be in the right, and you have one question. How is it possible for a man to be right before God? How can he be righteous? How can he be justified? At first I thought that’s the question Job was asking?

But I read further in chapter 9, and Job twice declares, “I am in the right” (9:15, 20). Thus, his question, I’m thinking, places the emphasis on the world before. How can a man be in the right BEFORE God? How does he enter the presence of the Almighty? How does he book an audience with the God of all creation to plead his case?

Job contends he’s done nothing deserving of the circumstance he finds himself in. True statement. But he’s as perplexed as his miserable comforters as to how a righteous man could end up in such a royal mess. And so he wonders if an audience with the Almighty would clear things up. But no, he concludes, how can a man, who’s in the right, stand before the God “who does mighty things beyond searching out, and marvelous things beyond number?” (9:10). Not gonna happen, says Job, “If I summoned Him and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice” (9:16).

So Job breathes a heavy sigh and thinks, No, God is too big to contend with, even if I am in the right . . . “There is no arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both” (9:33).

And though Job’s question might be a bit off kilter, his sense for the need for an arbiter is spot on. Though Job isn’t as “in the right” as he might think he is, and though the question really should be how can anyone BE RIGHTEOUS before a holy God, rather than, how can righteous people assert their rightness BEFORE God, his conclusion resonates. An arbiter is needed . . . both as the basis for how people conceived in sin can BE DEEMED RIGHTEOUS before the God of heaven and, as the basis for how people, sinful by nature, can BE PRESENTED BEFORE God spotless and blameless, forgiven of their sins.

Cue something else I encountered as part of my reading plan this morning:

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. (1John 2:1-2 ESV)

Bam! That’s how I stand BEFORE the holy God of heaven. Through my Advocate, Jesus Christ the righteous. Brought before the throne of heavenly Majesty by an Intercessor . . . presented to the Father in the Son . . . carried to the table by Shepherd of my soul. And, that’s how I can BE IN THE RIGHT before God . . . through His atoning sacrifice for my iniquity . . . by His death on the cross to satisfy the wrath of God deserved for my transgression . . . because of the blood shed for the remission of my sin . . . clothed in His righteousness and not my own.

There is an Arbiter. We have an Advocate with the Father. He is the how of OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS before God . . . and He is the how of the intercession which brings us BEFORE God.

All by His grace . . . all for His glory.

 

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Standing in the Breach

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Pete

There had been a systematic failure. The infrastructure had completely broken down. No component functioning as it should. No part unaffected by the disease. Though God would seek, He would not find . . . though He would desire, He would be disappointed . . . though He would ask, the answer always came back, “No!” Amidst this total meltdown there was no one to stand in the breach.

Reading in Ezekiel 22 this morning. And as God continues to move the prophet to indict His people for their rebellion and spiritual adultery, He does so by taking survey of the personnel He had put in place to lead the people. He calls to account the pillars of the community who had been given to protect the people. And as He does, it becomes clear that sin has infiltrated “the whole lump” resulting in a catastrophic failure of the entire community.

The prophets had entered into conspiracy (22:25, 28). With false visions they peddle their prophecies for profit. Like lions tearing into their prey, they bankrupt people, both literally and spiritually, with their divined lies.

The priests had assaulted the law, profaning things that were intended to be holy. Those intended to bring the offerings of the people to God, and the God of the offerings to the people, now made no distinction between the holy and the common . . . no separation between the clean and unclean . . . no difference between the Sabbath and any other day (22:26).

And the princes, those of kingly and noble lines, those intended to lead after the manner of the King of Heaven, had become like wolves. Motivated solely by personal gain, dishonestly they led people into increasingly pagan practices for their own financial advantage. Like wolves tearing into their prey, they shed blood and destroyed lives that they might live the good life (22:27).

Thus, as goes the leadership, so go the people. The people were themselves marked by injustice. They practiced extortion and committed robbery. They oppressed the poor and needy. They took advantage of the stranger (22:29).

And God looks upon the apple of His eye . . . the people He had delivered with Mighty hand and outstretched arm . . . and He laments . . .

And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. (Ezekiel 22:30 ESV)

And I can’t help but thank God this morning for the One who is, even now, standing in the breach.

He is the Prophet . . . the living Word of God. Having come to earth, He revealed all the Father had shown Him. Having departed earth, He sent His Spirit to bring illumination and revelation that mere men might know the deep things of God and His kingdom. He is the great High Priest. Having once for all offered Himself as the final sacrifice of atonement, He now is at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ever interceding for those who have, by faith, entrusted their souls to His care. And He is the Prince. The Prince of Peace . . . the King of Kings. Able to battle the enemy’s forces . . . ready to lead His own in triumphant victory . . . waiting to assume the throne which is rightfully His.

Jesus the Christ. Prophet . . . Priest . . . and King. The Man standing in the breach. To Him be all glory and praise, now and forevermore. Amen!

 

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Final Approach . . . Autopilot Off

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Pete

Recently I saw a video of a huge jetliner coming in for a landing in the midst of some pretty harsh turbulence at an airport in Portugal. It was one of those clips that shows this plane only yards (meters for my Canadian friends) from the ground and the wings are teetering back and forth as the pilot battles fierce crosswinds. The plane coming down at some crazy angle as the pilot fights the winds and tries to avoid burying the aircraft in the ground. On such an approach I don’t think anyone in the cockpit is relying on the plane to fly itself. The autopilot is off . . . the human pilot’s hands are on. And though I’m no expert, my understanding is that even in good weather, when you land one of these big birds, you best be doing it with trained hands on the controls.

Reading the last part of 2Peter this morning. Peter is reminding his readers that though the Lord is patient, He is not slow to fulfill His promise. That though He waits, “not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance,” the day of the Lord will come and will do so as a “thief in the night” (3:9-10). And that we are to be “waiting for and hastening the coming day of God” (3:12) . . . “waiting for the new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells” (3:13). The Day is approaching, Peter reminds his brothers and sisters. In a sense, we are on final approach . . . autopilot off.

Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by Him without spot or blemish, and at peace. . . . take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.    (2Peter 3:14, 17-18 ESV)

Now’s not the time to be sitting back with our feet up trusting the plane to fly itself. Now’s not the time to be distracted with a million other things. The runway is fast approaching . . . the crosswinds of error are fierce . . . the danger of losing stability is real. Time to switch off the autopilot and take control of the landing.

“Be diligent,” says Peter . . . “Take care” . . . “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

How easy to minimize the impact of the turbulence of a world in rebellion to God on our own stability. How easy to just find our flow and go with it. How easy it is to place our pursuit of the kingdom of God on autopilot. But Peter reminds me this morning that I need to make sure my head’s in the game . . . my hands are on the wheel . . . and my eyes are on the prize.

Not that it’s all up to me. It’s grace that brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home. I’m not to rely on a flight plan of my own making . . . and the pneumatics I’m counting on are that of the Spirit of God who lives inside of me. Nevertheless, I need to kick off the autopilot and make every effort to grow in grace . . . and guard against being carried away . . . and, with holy determination, seek to be found by Him without spot or blemish and at peace.

So that, on that day when we set ‘er down in the land of promise, we might hear, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”

To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen!

 

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Who Is My Father?

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Pete

He spoke a promise for the ages. And some who heard it wanted to talk heritage. He wanted to share the way of freedom. And all they wanted to do was argue the importance of pedigree. And so the discussion shifted from the dynamics of eternal liberation and focused, instead, on a debate concerning historic lineage. And while Jesus might concede that these debaters were “offspring of Abraham,” He maintained that someone else was really their father.

John 8 is a verbal showdown between Jesus and a group of scribes and Pharisees. For every claim Jesus makes, the Pharisees counter with a challenge. “I am the Light of the World” . . . “Your are bearing witness of Yourself, Your testimony is not true” . . . “The Father who sent Me bears witness about Me” . . . “Where is Your Father?” . . . “Unless you believe that I am He you will die in Your sins” . . . “Who are You?” (John 8:12-25)

But as the debate continues, many on the sidelines are stirred by the mysterious “wind” of the Spirit of God . . . the arrows of Christ’s word finding their targets in the hearts of men and women. And, “as He was saying these things, many believed in Him” (8:30).

And then, to those who believed, Jesus waters their new found faith with words of true liberation . . .

“If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
~ Jesus (John 8:31-32 ESV)

But the Pharisees, like birds of the air seeking to devour these seeds of life before they find fertile soil, challenge Jesus again.

They answered Him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”    (John 8:33 ESV)

I know you are descendants of Abraham, Jesus responds, but you still refuse my words and want to kill me because, while I speak of what I have seen with My Father, you oppose me because you are listening to your father. Bam! Jesus throws open the door to the root of their persistent opposition to Him.

And Jesus presses them. If Abraham were their father, they wouldn’t be seeking to kill the One who tells them the truth from God. Instead, Jesus says, “You are doing the works your father did.” To which they respond, “We have one Father–even God!” And then Jesus lays it out . . .

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of My own accord, but He sent Me. . . . Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”    (John 8:42, 47 ESV)

They thought that because they were of Abraham that God must be their Father. In fact, Jesus says, “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desire” (8:44). And thus the tipping point for all humanity is defined. Christ presents Himself and His words as the defining criteria for answering the question, “Who is my father?”

Those who are of God receive the Son. Those who oppose the Son are of “the father of lies.” Those who love God love Jesus. Those who hear the word of God are of God. And those who refuse the truth, because they see no need to be free, show themselves to have been duped into following the ways of the one who “does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.”

Who is my Father? It all comes down to, What have I done with Jesus?

“If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

 

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