There is no such thing as secular, since all the universe belongs to its Creator God. Everything was created by Him for His glory. And all we have; the strength of flesh and spirit, and every breath comes from His hand.
Even our sins are not secular because they are committed against God who alone can forgive our sin and remove our guilt through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ.
Someone might say now, "Wait a minute. Those were the Pharisees, Jesus' critics, who said only God can forgive sin". But be that as it may, they were correct. Only God can forgive sin.
This is because He is the only real plaintiff in cases of sin. This is because sin is committed against Him. What the Pharisees got wrong was that they failed to recognize that Jesus is the Son of God, equal with the Father.
When we forgive sin, we are only agreeing with Jesus, or leaving the case up to Him to judge.
So there is truly nothing secular. Everything belongs to "the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh" (Numbers 27:16). And all things will be judged by Him.
Psalm 24:1, Hebrews 11:3, Numbers 27:16, James 1:17, Mark 2:5-12, John 1:29, Colossians 1:13-14.
Luke 19:1-10. Spiritually speaking, all of us are of short stature; just like Zacchaeus, who climbed a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus. The Scriptures tell us that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God". Our sinful nature gets in the way of our ability to see Jesus with our hearts eye, and live the lives for which He created us. My prayer is that God who is love might graciously use this blog to help both the reader and the writer to see Jesus; just like that sycamore tree.
Amen!!!Will, I love your teaching. Your doctrine is sound. I've have not seen any postings from you lately.I am glad you posted.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gladys. Very kind of you:)
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