For Wednesday, December 14, 2022:
Deuteronomy 29:29a NLT: “The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us.”
We are only responsible for keeping the covenants that have been revealed to us. Consider Adam and Eve. When created, they weren’t shown right from wrong. Therefore they couldn’t err, since they had no knowledge of God’s Laws.
But when they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it changed everything. (Genesis 3) Now that they knew right from wrong, God would expect them to consistently do the right thing. We and our children are now accountable for obeying God’s commandments (or the penalty for not obeying them.)
Jesus took it a step further. In the New Covenant, God’s Laws are written on our hearts, so we instinctively know right from wrong. People everywhere in the world – people of every religion – know that you shouldn’t kill anyone. You shouldn’t take something if it doesn’t belong to you. Family is important; take care of your mother and father. Don’t mess with someone’s husband or wife. And when shown God, join the throng already worshiping the Lord!
God wants to see us do the right thing!
Pastor Norton Lawellin
Jesus in the City Fellowship
