JUST FOR LADIES – By Camille Stahl
Today’s Passages – Galatians 4 – 6; (Click on the references to listen to the audio – click here to view the text from the Blue Letter Bible website)
(Second Milers also read –Psalms 41 – 45; Proverbs 9)
Listen to this morning’s Scripture Song – Psalm 48:1 & 2
Read the “1209 Evening and Morning“ devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
Read previous posts from this passage – “The Schoolmaster“ and “Don’t Shoot the Messenger“
So, What’s Got You Ticked Off?
(Galatians 4:16) Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Paul was preaching to the Galatians that it’s not through their works, the way of salvation, but through faith. He tried to tell them that they are free from the bondage of works and that salvation is free through Christ, (doing righteous works are a result of salvation not a way to obtain it).
The Galatians had been taught a lie. The doctrines they learned, and the character of those who had led them astray, and by their own error, proved that Paul ceased to be their friend. People don’t want man to tell us of our faults. The reason is, it pains us and we makes us take a good hard look at ourselves. We do not like to have another person tell us how to act or what to do and so on. It’s just human nature for someone to dislike the one who tell us of our faults, or the faults of our families, as our friend. We love to be flattered and it’s painful to think we must repent. Then we stay away from whom is reproving us for our faults and become offended at the truth. Yet they is our best friend.
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful,” (Proverbs 27:6)
We’ll resist the ministry of the Holy Spirit, who brings the truth to our heart, and to convict men of their sins.
How often have you gone to a church service and got mad at the Preacher because it seemed his sermon was about you? I have. Believe it or not, it’s what we needed, a message from God. When you get your electric or credit card bill, do you get mad at the mailman? Of course not! Sound silly? But that’s what we do when we gossip about the Preacher because of his sermon God gave him.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. (Hebrews 13:17)
Whose fault is it that the electric and credit card bill is high? We shut off lights and stop spending too much to rectify the bills. Shouldn’t we do the same with the preaching? Just saying.
If you’ve made the mistake of staying out of church because of a sermon, pray to God, ask for forgiveness and get back to church. Trust me, it will make your Pastor’s day.
Thank You
John 3:16
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