Monday Devo
Scripture:
Luke 12:4-5
4 “Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that. 5 But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell. Yes, he’s the one to fear.
4 “Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that. 5 But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell. Yes, he’s the one to fear.
Commentary:
12:4 Do not fear those who kill the body, as the prophets experienced (11:47) and as Christ’s followers would experience as well (11:49), for physical death cannot affect the believer’s ultimate destiny (cf. Rom. 8:35–39).
12:5 The second fear refers to God (him), who at the final judgment has authority to cast into hell. Repetition (fear him) gives this command additional emphasis.
12:5 The second fear refers to God (him), who at the final judgment has authority to cast into hell. Repetition (fear him) gives this command additional emphasis.
Questions:
- Sunday's message was a heavy one! In Luke 16, Jesus teaches about hell. Clayton started with the doctrine of hell and challenged us to see both sides. It is both terrifying and also shows the profound righteousness and justice of a holy God. Hell can be defined as the eternal, conscious punishment of the wicked. "It is a beginning without a middle, a beginning without an end. After millions of years passed in it, still it is beginning." Jesus describes it in Mark 9 as the unquenchable fire. People that are there will be alive, awake, thinking, feeling, in tremendous physical and emotional pain, remembering, broken and full of regret. It will be physical punishment. People will be in torment, in anguish as they burn. How often do you think of hell? Why do you think we don't like to consider people we love going there? Why might it be healthy to do so?
- What Jesus is saying in Luke 12 seems pretty clear. All man can do is kill us. But God, who is the Righteous Judge, is the One who decides where we will spend our eternities. Not many people think much about eternity. But if we will learn to think about and live for something beyond this life, it will drastically change our attitudes, behaviors and choices. If you were truly living for eternity and eternal things, how might your priorities change?
Pray:
- That you wouldn't bury your head in the sand when it comes to people's eternity.
- That you will live for eternity.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
5. Why do I follow Jesus? I follow Jesus because Jesus rose from the dead proving that He is the way, the truth and the life.
(Matthew 7:24-27; John 14:6)
(Matthew 7:24-27; John 14:6)
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