That I May Know Him

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. ~ 1 John 5:20 (KJV)

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Jeremiah 23:29

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

The eyes of the Lord

Pro 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Makes you think, doesn’t it?

If we realized just how true this verse is, and it is, I think we would be a lot more conscientious with the way we go about our daily life.

Think about it, those are those eyes we read of in the book of Revelation.

Revelation 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire.

It is those very eyes that are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. As comforting as it is in knowing that our Saviour King sees the “good”, and even rewards us for it (Matthew 10:42), it’s terribly terrifying that those very eyes, which are as a flame of fire, also behold our evil; our foolish ways of acting, speaking, and even thinking. And if we know our God, we know just how much He despises evil.

Psalm 5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

That ought to be enough to place the fear of the Lord in our heart, and to cause us to be more conscientious with our daily behaviour, which we so easily justify.

The eyes of the LORD are in every place….scary, isn’t it?

posted by Redeemed @ 8:49 PM  

9 Comments:

  • At Wednesday, August 16, 2006 3:42:00 AM, Blogger Matthew Celestine said…

    Good thoughts.

     

  • At Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:05:00 AM, Blogger Redeemed said…

    Thanks, Matthew.

     

  • At Thursday, August 17, 2006 8:38:00 PM, Blogger Redeemed said…

    Hi Barbara,
    Psalm 32:8 is one of my favorite verses. Indeed, it is very comforting that the Lord guides His dear children, also with His eye. And God did promise to complete the good work He has started in us (Phi 1:6). Amen!!

     

  • At Friday, August 18, 2006 3:48:00 AM, Blogger Matthew Celestine said…

    Sarah, with regard to Phil 1:6, the good work is very specific. It referred to the fellowship in the work of the Gospel that Paul had enjoyed with the Phillipian church.

    If we look at the context, Paul shows the good work to be fellowship in the Gospel-

    3 ¶ "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

    4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

    5 for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

    6 being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:"

    There is nothing in this text to indicate that it has any reference to the work of God in every believer.

    Although all believers are sanctified positionally in Christ and will be glorified at His coming, the present work of sanctification in a believer depends upon yielding to the Spirit and reckoning oneself dead to sin.

    It is possible for a believer to grieve the Spirit by remaining in a carnal state or falling into apostasy terminated by death.

    Every Blessing in Christ

    Matthew

     

  • At Friday, August 18, 2006 11:49:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Scary and comforting at the same time. :)

     

  • At Friday, August 18, 2006 12:27:00 PM, Blogger Redeemed said…

    Matthew, thanks, but I don't really understand when you say that it was referred "to the fellowship in the work of the Gospel". I always understood this passage as Paul telling them that the Lord will perform the good work "in them". Perhaps I need to do to some thinking. I will look into it as soon as I have more time.

    Shireyl, very true...and yay! you can comment :)

     

  • At Saturday, August 19, 2006 4:33:00 AM, Blogger Matthew Celestine said…

    'In you' can mean among you. It is a statement about the Phillipian church as a group, not as individual believers.

    To determine the meaning of 'good work' we should look at the context. What Paul is talking about is the fellowship of the Gospel. He is not talking about any other work.

    See-

    Phillipians 1:6 does not teach Perserverance of the Saints

     

  • At Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:50:00 AM, Blogger Redeemed said…

    Thanks for that, Matthew, it's a good post. I have learned something new! (Though I may have to read his post again, I had to read it fast for time's sake).

     

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