Saturday, January 24, 2015

"Nothing But A Traitor"

"He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant." (Psalms 55:20) There are so many things racing through my head this morning; yes, even more than yesterday! Like for instance, when Judas asked Jesus, "Master, is it I?" (Matthew 26:25), knowing full well that it was, as he had already made the deal to betray Jesus (Matthew 26:14-16). And as we have the account in all four of the Gospels, best put by Luke, "But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth Me is with Me on the table", is the fact that He was being betrayed by not only a friend, but a friend that broke bread with Him; and not only was it bread, but it was bread that represented His body being delivered up for them. The other part of these "Swirling Eddy's", is the part about Abraham not signing the covenant with God (Genesis 15), as it was only God that passed through the animals which were laid out on the ground; as Abraham just look, God signed the contact for both He and Abraham. And as I have said before, if Abraham would have signed it, then the contract would have been flawed; only God is able to uphold His part of the contract, because He does not change, nor does He lie. So what does that say for our ability to keep any kind of a "covenant" with God? if Abraham could not do it, then where do you and I stand? Here is what I see, not that it matters much, but it is my opinion: we are not able to keep any sort of contract with God, just as we are unable to be righteous before God; only God can keep the contract between Him and us, and only God can 'account' us to be righteous... "Even as David described the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: and the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised." (Romans 4:6-12)

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