How To Return To The Lord.

 

Today's verse is Malachi 3:7

     Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them.

    Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

    But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

    Wherein shall we return? When we do not diligently seek the Lord God, it is very easy to be deceived to believing that we have nothing to fear of eternal judgment, even as Paul tells us: Their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another[.] If we are comparing ourselves one against another, we can alway come up on top. But, if we compare ourselves against the Standard of God’s Word, we can only find like Paul, not having already attained, neither being perfect, but he follows after, as he says, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, Return unto Christ, seek him out by his Word, find out what he requires of us and do it. We have here his promise that if we do that, He will return to us, restoring us, even as he will one day restore Israel to their Glory in him. Therefore, as we seek his Return to call his own home before he sets up his Kingdom, let us purify ourselves even as he is pure. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 2 Chronicles 35, Revelation 21, Malachi 3, John 20

Tomorrow’s reading will be 2 Chronicles 36, Revelation 22, Malachi 4, John 21