Comment: Men! Have
you watched your mom or wife prepare a meal for the family? Ladies! Have you
watched your dad or husband repair some household item or garden tool? For us
older folks; I would say yes to both questions. Many young people today in the
United States of America have not and will not experience family life in these
basic ways. Of course: family living is much more complicated than the simple
act of observation, but observation is one of the tools of learning to live. Setting
a good example is seen by the one who learns in two ways. One of course is the
eyes and second is through the logic and reasoning of the mind. Logic and
reasoning are platforms that encourage or discourage FAITH. Both male and
female, whoever you are have watched through sin stained eyes, logic and
reasoning the progress or regress of family life. These traditional links in
living are humanly impossible to sever, but some need to be. The gospel is God’s
first step plan to replace our sinful mind with the “mind of Christ”. The second step is learn the mind of Christ.
Devotional: God is not willing that “any” should perish;
but that “all” should be saved, 2 Peter 3:9; if this were the entire thought
behind this promise from God we would be lacking in our logic and reasoning to
move away from the traditional ways of our sinful mind of unbelief so let’s
look at the verse and the contents of Second Peter Three, one through nine.
Peter says, I have written to
you a second time, for I wish to stir up your pure mind by way of
reminder (verse 1). If you are saved by the incorruptible seed of Life in
Christ, then you are mindful of the grace given to you at
salvation. the recipe for godliness is found in scripture, nowhere else
but in the teachings of the holy prophets and apostles (The Holy Bible) will
anyone find these promises to live by.
Scoffers are out and about
today, they are in the family, the workplace and sadly; they are even in the
church. They walk according to their own lusts. If saved and many are, they
spout out human reasoning and logic and willfully forget that the promises of
God are very much available in their daily ability to function. Nothing has
changed; with God a thousand years is as “one day”. With God’s time piece, Christ
died and rose again just over two and have days ago. Human logic and reasoning
rejects this though, but godly and long suffering faith accepts it.
2 Peter 3:9 –
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count
slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish
but that all should come to repentance.
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