Good morning Pastor John,
I woke up early this morning thinking about the laws of God and his judgments that he has revealed to us in the Old Testament and now through his spirit dwelling in us. As I ponder over them, as I read them, all I can see and feel is how much he cares about his people and how they feel, and how they make other people feel as they walk through this life together. I thought about what the Lord gave you about relationships and how everything is about our relationships with everyone in our lives, and how we treat every one of them as we walk through this world.
He cares enough that if we do something wrong and want to make it right, he gives us a way out. In almost all the cases, he allows some kind of reparations to be made to the one who was wronged so that they can feel better and get some relief from the burden that was put on them by what was done. And in turn, it allows the one who did it to repent and make it as right as they can, and hopefully that frees them both from ill-well or bad feeling with each other in the end.
But what I love is that God has given us his life and his spirit so that we don’t have to treat each other wrong. If we follow his spirit, we will treat each other the way he would, and in turn have wonderful fellowship with one another and a right relationship that need not to be repented of. As we know, things happen in this life and God gives us insight, and we want to feel the way he does about it, and we will if we walk in his spirit. Men’s ways are perverted and are not his ways and I am so glad you had us reading about God’s judgments and his laws; it sure will clear the fog out of your mind about how God really feels about things, no matter what men say and do in a matter on this earth. If what we feel is not how God feels, then it is wrong.
Thanks
Stuart