Thursday, February 15, 2018

God's avenging His elect and Bearing LONG with us...

Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Luke 18:9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

Luke 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican

The delicate balance of seeing God avenging his elect, who cry day and night and the parable of the publican and the pharisee.

I often say, dear Lord, I don't see how there could be faith on the earth, when you come again. There is so much to be angry about and the anger of man cannot accomplish the work of God. It is by grace and through faith. Just as Abraham prayed for his dear family that had relocated into a wicked city and yet he couldn't see that there was no reason on earth that he had been chosen to act as an advocate. None of us can stand in the presence of God. There was a mirroring of behavior that God was doing with Abraham. You gave up everything you knew to follow the Word of God and God did the same to him. None of us can imitate that faith and we must just come under the faith of Abraham through the advocasy of Christ. We must without having seen Jesus, believe that His sacrifice is sufficient to cleanse us and to make us His Holy Church in our advocating for faith on earth. Lord would you allow us to find true faith and unifying faith in Your Holy Church. Lord, would you give us grace to find the common ground in Christ and stop exalting the differences. If we don't we may find that our attachment was not to Christ at all. Lord make us able for the glory of Christ and the victory of His Church on earth. Amen.

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