Educational Encounter Also God said to [Jacob]: I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. Genesis 35:11 The list of those whom God saved out of carnality and rebellion into a life of spiritual maturity is long. But thats the whole point isnt it? Gods goal is to transform us into the image of Christ (Romans 8:29) -- and Hell use all means necessary (Romans 8:28). Who would have thought that, in his younger days, a scheming man like Jacob would become the father of twelve sons from whom would arise the multitudes in the nation of Israel? And yet that is what God did through a painful encounter with Jacob (Genesis 32:22-30). In fact, Jacob lived with a limp after that encounter, and his descendants refused to eat the meat in an animals hip socket in memory of Jacobs encounter and transformation (Genesis 32:31-32). In short, God will do whatever it takes to conform us to the image of His Son -- even allow us to experience pain and live with reminders of our educational encounter with Him. Let God have His way in your life today. The sooner we say Yes, Lord to Him, the sooner we become like Him. The Christian life is not applied like make-up to the outside of our personalities, but is an outgrowth from an inner transformation. J. A. Motyer
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:06:10 +0000
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