Daily Archives: 4 October 2006

We do not always receive such obvious signs, but through His word, God warns us against defying His will. While our hands may not shrivel or our treasured possessions be destroyed, it is still clear to us what God’s will for us is. Of course, we are not saved by what we do, but how can faith survive when we continue to do what we know is wrong. We were saved by faith through Christ’s death, a death that abolished sin, so there is now no longer room for sin in our lives. By faith, we are to seek out God’s will for us and actively do it, and God’s word makes it clear what that will is. Failure to do so places our souls at risk by threatening our faith with delusions of our own actions. When that state of affairs occurs, we are just as at risk as Jeroboam was standing before his altar. Continue reading →