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May 1 Arrows of the Almighty God’s Spirit Will Not Always Strive With Man
Not long ago a brother began really quizzing me concerning the first verses of Genesis six. The key to this passage I believe is these words in the 3rd verse of this chapter. Intermarriage between evil spiritual powers and humans resulted in turning man from God to the point “that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” (Gen. 6:5) The Great Flood was the resulting judgment of God. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord and God used him and his family to save the plan of God for man. If the days of Noah were so evil, what of the world today where morality is laughed out of town, where the lives of the unborn have no rights, where whole people and language groups have purposely been the targets of annihilation. A schoolteacher asked, “What is the shape of the world?” to which one small pupil replied, “My Daddy says the shape of the world is a mess!” For you and me today the value of these verses is not so much in what they say but in what they say indirectly, what they suggest to us in contrast. When those gods came down to earth, they came for their own gratification. They used human beings for their own transient purposes then abandoned them and left them forsaken as they went back to their own places. Yet the Bible truth comes to its climax in the record of One Jesus the Christ “who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and become obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.” (Phil. 2:6-8); and who, when he went home to His Father, said to those on earth to whom He had brought His redeeming love, “In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” (John 14:2-3) What all other “gods” of heaven and earth cannot do, Jesus did and will do. Namely, return for all of those who truly believe in Him as Savior and Lord and personally take them to His own place in glory with the Father God in heaven. He will not forsake His own. Count on it. The Spirit of God will not always strive with man concerning God’s eternal provision for their souls. But the Day of the Lord is soon to come when the Savior of men will return and bring judgment on the earth while personally ushering all the “born again” into the very Presence of God. Amen! comments- Powerful; thanks. Mary ---------------- WOW! How we thank Him thank Him thank Him, and on into eternity. dd
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