| ← Previous · Home · Next → |
| 2007·10·08 · 4 Comments |
| Fleeing wrath, or Seeking Glory? |
What is your aim as you study the Bible? Is it to know God, or something less?
Is our most pressing spiritual ambition simply to “flee the wrath to come” (Lk. 3)? Or is it much more? Is it also to seek the glory of the One who is to come (1 Thess. 1)? If mostly the former, then why should we be surprised that Sunday Schools, for example, are far more intent on discussing Biblical solutions to day-to-day survival issues than exposing students to the successes of a sovereign who, right now, is saturating the nations with the triumphs of His grace?
—David Bryant, Christ Is All!.
by David
TrackBack URL: http://www.thirstytheologian.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/506
Share this post: Email · Del.icio.us · Digg · Facebook · Stumble · Technorati
Posted in:
Permalink · 4 Comments · 0 TrackBacks
← Previous · Home · Next →
TrackBack URL: http://www.thirstytheologian.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/506
Share this post: Email · Del.icio.us · Digg · Facebook · Stumble · Technorati
Posted in:
Permalink · 4 Comments · 0 TrackBacks
← Previous · Home · Next →
4 Comments:
snag
I will be honest and confess that latley I would love some insight into how to survive day to day.
that is not my overall heart, but is is easy to get beaten down by what we deal with and seek ,not the living God, but the answer to the next question.
David
Yeah, I get you. And this is not to say that you shouldn't look for those answers, but that the Bible is not just another how-to book. In it we find not just God's will, but God himself.
donsandsd
"Jesus, who delivered us from the wrath to come. .... For God has not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Who died for us, ...". 1 Thes. 1:10-5:9-10
Jesus died for us, and was cursed for us, and took our wrath, which the Father gave Him to drink, and He drank evry drop; Jesus dealt with our sin once and for all. Hard to accept, but it's true.
This truth will set us free, because it says that Christ loves us, and cares for us, His beloved children.
This truth helps me face the music each day, even when it's ark and heavy.
Thanks for the good quote.
Is this David Bryant, the prayer concert brother?
David
Yes, it is he.