Wednesday Devo
Scripture:
2 Corinthians 7
10 For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
10 For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
Commentary:
7:10 godly grief. Grief that comes from God is characterized by repentance, i.e., remorse caused by having lost God’s approval and the consequent resolve to reverse one’s conduct and live for God (5:6–10, 15). worldly grief. Grief that comes from the world, i.e., a remorse brought about by losing the world’s approval, leads to a resolve to regain that approval, and this produces death, or divine judgment.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2232.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2232.
Questions:
- The ungodly demand TOLERANCE, but the godly command REPENTANCE. This is especially true in today's culture, where Christians are pressured to accept things that are clearly defined as sin in Scripture, all in the name of inclusion and acceptance. We are cornered into going along with distortion and perversion so as to appear loving and not judgmental. Why do you think the world around us thinks that in order to love them we must accept and approve of everything about them? How hard has it been for you to hold fast to the truth?
- But if we are going to be faithful Christians, we must live by Paul's definition of love in 1 Corinthians 13: "...love rejoices in the TRUTH." The most loving thing we can do is to share the truth in love. We can't be all GRACE. We can't be all TRUTH. Jesus was FULL of both grace and truth. We must do our best to strike the grace/truth BALANCE. How difficult is this to do? Do you lean more grace or more truth?
Prayer Topics:
- That you would stand on the truth, not popular culture.
- That God would help you be more like Jesus, full of grace and truth.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
4. Can a person be good enough to go to heaven? No. Because Jesus rose from the dead, proving He is God, I believe a person is saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
(John 1:12, 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 4:1-25, 5:1-2, 6-11, 6:23, 10:1-4, 10:9; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 2:1-9; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; Titus 3:4-7)
(John 1:12, 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 4:1-25, 5:1-2, 6-11, 6:23, 10:1-4, 10:9; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 2:1-9; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; Titus 3:4-7)
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