one of our responsive readings in church today read like this:
"The One You gave to be our Righteousness, we put to death with our sin. And even as believers, we do not rest well in His provision for us, but we seek other means of atonement rather than trusting in His sacrifice: our good behavior, reputation, and law keeping. Have mercy on us, O Lord."
I can't say it much better than this :-)
random musings from the heart of a CRAZY old man (dedicated to those who inspire me)
Those who seek other means of atonement, have not entered into His redemptive rest. The Galatians wanted Christ AND to keep the law as basis for their salvation. Gal 2:21 NLT "For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die. Read then Gal chapter 3.
ReplyDeleteThe writer of Herews also talks about redemption rest in chapters 3 and 4. Heb 3:19 NLT "So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest".
Craig
"redemptive rest" - nice phrase to keep top of mind - thx brother!!
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