Luke 11:27, 28 - Choose the Right Path.
Luke 11:27, 28 (NLT) As he was speaking, a
woman in the crowd called out, "God bless your
mother--the womb from which you came, and the breasts
that nursed you!" 28 He replied, "But even more
blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it
into practice."
COMMENTARY PEARL
There is not a single day that we do not
face the same test that was set before Adam.
There is not a day that we do not have a chance to
choose between the path of the devils clever
promises and Gods sure Word.
From the beginning of time until the
present moment, mans ungodly quest for power, his
determination to use his gift of free choice for his own
selfish ends, has brought him to the brink of doom.
God, meanwhile, in His infinite
understanding and mercy, has looked on, waiting with a
patience and compassion that passes all
understanding. He waits to offer individual salvation and
peace to the ones who will come to His mercy. The
same two paths that God set before Adam still lie
before us. We are still free to choose. We are
living in a period of grace while God withholds the
eternal punishment we so justly deserve.
In your daily choices, are you choosing
Him continually in obedience to His Word? As you
stand at the crossroads today, choose obedience,
and He will give you peace.
How have you chosen the right path of
obedience to God? [Peace for Each Day by Billy
Graham]
COMMENTARY
The nature of the Christian life is
Christ's life taking hold upon all the inner life of
a man, changing, dominating, pulsating. It is
seen therefore, and I do not think we can be too
careful in emphasizing this, that Christian life is
neither human imitation of Christ, nor correct
intellectual positions concerning Christ. Neither is it a
cult, or a system of thought. I may attempt to
imitate Christ sincerely through long years, and yet
never be a Christian. I may hold absolutely
correct intellectual views concerning Christ as a
person, and His power, and yet never be a Christian.
It is possible for me to admire Him, and
attempt with all the power of my life to imitate
Him, and yet never realize Him. It is quite
possible for a person to believe most sincerely in
His Deity, and in the fact of His atoning work,
and moreover, in the necessity for regeneration,
and yet never be submitted to His Lordship,
never to have personal share in the work of His
atonement, never to be born again.
Nothing short of the coming into life of
the individual of Christ Himself constitutes a
Christian. If Jesus Christ is external to your life
there will be times when the world will not see
Him and hear Him, and will not know you belong
to Him. But if Christ be in you, living,
reigning there absolutely, and you are obeying Him,
there never will be a moment when the truth will
not be evident. You cannot hide Christ if once
He comes within. If the light is there, it
simply must shine. G. Campbell Morgan [Time With
God SB]
LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY
Luke 11:27, 28 - The Most Blessed Way of
Life.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2023/20230710-1105.html
James 1:22 - Living the Word.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2023/20230623-0845.html
James 1:25 - Blessings Come From Doing What
The Bible Says.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2020/20200705-1021.html
LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT
https://abible.com/links/