"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man's all." (Ecclesiastes 12:13)
When is the last time you heard an evangelical/charismatic say this?
I am finishing up this quarter's Bible reading. Frankly, for me, this is indeed, "....the conclusion of the whole matter." I have no doubt that humanity would be quite different if these Words ruled, in the home, the Church, the nations.
Our text is, "....the conclusion of the whole matter..," not just Ecclesiastes. It it also "the conclusion of" the teachings of Jesus. Yet rarely are the Words, "fear God and keep the commandments," used by the spirituals among us, especially when speaking of Jesus. They are so afraid that they might offend "The Four Spiritual Laws."
Jesus' Words to the lawyer's question about, "eternal life," are His Words to humanity, "What is written in the Law? What is your reading of it?" What a non evangelical response to the question. And then after the lawyer quotes the "Great Commandment," Jesus responds, not by, "O, no. It's only believe," but rather with, "Do this and you shall live."
I wondered today: What of Jesus' Life in me have I been doing today?
Father, in Jesus' Name, I want Your, "conclusion," no one else's. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
