Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “God’s Masterpiece” – The psalmist says that man is “estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies” (Psalm 58:3). In other words, all of us were born liars! Yet, it is amazing that, even though Adam put us in jeopardy by breeding a creation of liars, God’s Master-Mind created within us something that would serve as a regulator, a central mechanism, to prevent us from destroying ourselves in our deceitful nature. That central mechanism is our conscious – our soul (often referred to in the scriptures as “the heart”). Remember, God destroyed the first set of humans and only allowed Noah and his family to escape because “God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5).
Precious Ones, this teaches us that if we do not want “God’s Masterpiece” (our human selves) to be destroyed, we must have testimonies of the same nature as the sons of Korah. We must avoid destruction by saying, “[Our] heart and [our] flesh crieth out for the living God” (Psalm 84:2). This is accomplished only by the preaching of the Gospel! It is only the preaching of the Gospel that stirs man’s spirit to seek after righteousness. If you do not want to take my word for this, let us rehearse what Paul said in his letter to the Roman church – “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation…[f]or therein is the righteousness of God revealed” (Romans 1:16-17). So, our “Masterpiece of God” must be compatible with another “Masterpiece of God” – our souls and God’s Word must complement each other.
I will write more on this subject next Sunday. Until then, know this…
I love you all SO very much.
In His Love,
Pastor William L. McCoy
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