"Enduring Love"

"Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever." (Psalms 119:160)

  Thanks for sticking in there, those of you who might like a little challenge, now and again. To get right down to it, we must understand our brokenness and our need for God's mercy and grace. If there is a law that describes where these eight verses must take us, it would be the law of the cross. If you like to compare the Old and New Testaments, seeing how they line up with one another, there is one major illustration found throughout both of them: We do not make it without God getting us there! As plain as that is to see, there are countless religions that will try and make it more about us doing what it takes to get it done; which is just the opposite of what God wants us to do. I know that I will mess this up, it is just the way things go. We are broken and in need of a Savior, and without God making the way for us to be saved, we have no chance at all of making it on our own! The Stumbling Block that God has placed in the way, is Jesus Christ and the cross that He paid the price upon. We must fall humbly upon that Rock and beg for mercy; and those that choose not to, will ultimately be crushed by the same Rock; not because they are found guilty of sin, but because they refused to accept God's provision of mercy, His love! I don't care where you are in the Old Testament, any place that you are reading right now, there is the message of the Gospel to be found, some how, some way, each and every Scripture written points to Christ and the redeeming work of God's love; a love that has endured throughout the ages, even from the very first command, "Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." This was not God restricting man from something, this was God protecting man from something that would cause death! "Surely," pretty much means that it is guaranteed to happen; unlike the lie of the devil, saying, "Ye shall not surely die." Which brings me to the most important part of this portion of Scripture: GOD"S WORD IS TRUE...

"Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived. But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you. You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right." (2 Timothy 3:12-16) NLT