Saturday February 25, 2017
“Before the Eyes of God”
And there is no creature hidden from His
sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must
give account.
– Hebrews
4:13
Conviction of Sin (ongo‘i tautea ‘i he angahala)
B. Questions
about Conviction
1) is conviction necessary?
2) How much conviction is necessary?
3) What is the purpose of conviction?
As we close
out this chapter on conviction, we can praise God for this gift to both the sin
and the saint. As we’ve seen in this brief look at this dynamic and mysterious
work of God, we can only sit back and give thanks and glory to God for this
great work.
What lies in our hands in that, with whatever
measure of conviction our hearts are filled, we should come to Christ and
trusting wholly and only as our Savior. Thus, as we become increasingly
conscious of our need of him, we will learn to live out before the eye of God
lives of whole-hearted thankful obedience to him.
From the
depths of woe are raised to Thee
The Voice of
lamentation;
Lord, turn a
gracious ear to me,
And here my
supplication:
If thou
shouldst be extreme to mark
Each secret
sin and misdeed dark,
Oh, who
could stand before Thee?
Although our
sin is great indeed,
God’s
mercies far exceed it;
His hand can
give the help we need,
However much
we need it:
He is the Shepherd
of the sheep
Who Israel
doth garden keep,
And shall
from sin redeem him
(Martin Luther – translated by Richard Massie)
This Day in Christian History:
February 25, 1208 – Francis of Assisi attended Mass in the little church of Saint
Mary of the Angels. He heard a reading of Matthew’s gospel chapter 10:5, 8-10
about Jesus’ commands to His disciples about going out and not taking gold,
silver and travelling light. He was moved to become an itinerant evangelist in
the mold of the original apostles. He gathered followers and travelled
throughout the countryside preaching and attending to people’s needs. Thousands
joined his order and today, it is the largest religious order in the Roman
Catholic Church.
Memory Verse:
And I, when
I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."
— John 12:32
Pea ko au,
kapau ‘e hiki au ki ‘olunga mei he kelekele, te u tohoaki ‘a e kakai kotoa pē
kiate au – Sione 12:32
Bible Reading Plan: (52 weeks; 5 days a week)
Week
8 – Leviticus 8-23; Psalm 110, 111, 31; Hebrews 4-8
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