Week 12, Day 4: The Revelation of God’s Mind
Today’s Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5:13
Some thoughts from yesterday’s reading…
For us to have any idea what God wants of us, He had to reveal His mind to us. We can certainly understand this principle when we are talking about people. I cannot possibly know what you are thinking, or what you would like for me to do, if you are not willing to reveal your mind. God has determined, according to 1 Corinthians 2:10-13, to use the Holy Spirit to reveal His mind, which would be recorded in the pages of the New Testament so that people of all generations would be able to know how to act in obedience to God.
This passage should make us realize just how important the revelation of God is. If God, in all of His power and might, has decided to record for us His mind, we should pay attention. We should realize that He has not recorded anything that is not important for our understanding, for our ability to conduct ourselves with “life and godliness.” There is nothing that we can or should ignore in the pages of His word!
This should also make us recognize that we are limited in action to what God has revealed. How can we read the revelation of the mind of God Himself and then think that maybe he forgot something that He meant to give to us? When He tells us Himself that He gave His revelation once for all, it should make us realize that He made sure to provide whatever was necessary for us to be able to be obedient to Him. If I restrict my practices to only those things that He revealed, then I know that I am not violating His will. If I go beyond what is written, I have no idea whether it is something that God approves of. In fact, I think it is much safer to assume that if God has not told us to participate in an action, then it is not something He approves of!
We need to stay on the straight and narrow path. It should not be an option to stray off to the side. This is an idea that was expressed even under the Old Testament covenant. God demanded that His people not turn to the “right hand or the left”, and neither should we today!
Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
–Joshua 1:7Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, lest you turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,
–Joshua 23:6
It is not our responsibility to follow the law of Moses as Joshua was commanded to do. But, we should follow the New Law in the same manner. Do not turn to the right hand or to the left.
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