Monday, April 04, 2005
another monday..
Future Grace
Chapter One
The Debtor's Ethic: Should We Try to Pay God Back?
"And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst?" Numbers 14:11
Lesson learnt: The motivating power behind Christian obedience should not be past-oriented gratitude, but future-oriented faith. The Old Testament is spread with evidence that the reason for sin is not the lack of gratitude but the lack of faith. Just form the verse above, "believe in Me [God]" implies trust in God, and trust implies faith. Not just faith, but future faith, faith that God will continue to be the provider and savior. It is this faith that should propel us to pursue Christian living.
"How can I repay the Lord
for all His goodness to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord."
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Wow. I think I am gonna love the book ^__^
Didn't sleep much last night. Couldn't sleep at all, don't know why. So I played a game of DOTA and read a few more chapters of my Star Trek, and by the time I've done that it was already like 3:30am. And by the time I really fell asleep it was probably nearer to 4:30am. Yea, I usually take quite a long time to fall asleep, somewhere between 45 minutes to 90 minutes. It's quite annoying, but I find that I don't really need much sleep anyway. Still feeling quite awake now at work.
Still trying to decide if I should turn up for choir this week.
Maybe I should flip a coin. Lol
{/12:32 PM}
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