June 26, 2018 - All Who Seek God Have Many Questions About Him.
Questions such as; “What does God require of me if I am to serve him? What does God wish that I should do for him? What must I do to be saved from my sins and live in the house of God forever?
Now all these are real questions which require answers if one truly seeks to do Gods will in one’s life on earth.
Let us look through the Book of Gods Word for the answers to our questions today.
The Old Testament prophet Micah explains the question of; “What does the Lord God require of me, when a young rich man asks Micah the question of what does the Lord require of me.”
He asks; “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offering, with calves a year old?” (Micah 6:6)
Micah listened to his question and then he spoke in answer to him.
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and walk humbly with your god.” (Micah 6:8)
And so what does the Lord require of us but that we treat others equally with justice for all. That we show mercy and kindness to those less fortunate than ourselves, and that we humble ourselves before God, asking to do his will each day and not the wishes of man.
For the question of what does God wish that I would do for him we need only to look at Gods own words to the Israelites during the time of the prophet Hosea.
God told the Israelites through the prophet, Hosea, not long before the land of Israel fell to the Assyrians.
And God spoke to Hosea saying; “For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.” (Hosea 6:6)
This points directly to the coming of Jesus Christ for this would be his teachings for all time, that we love God and keep his commandments through the knowledge we learn of him through the pages of his Word. That’s still what God wishes of us today, to love him above all others and to do his will and not our own each day.
And for our last question for today; “What must I do to be saved and live in the house of the Lord forever.”
Salvation requires one to be born again to the living hope of the Lord Jesus Christ, this hope being the faith one has that the Word of God is true, believing in him through faith and not through sight.
“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” (1 Peter 1:8-9)
The act of believing, in faith, being further explained by the apostle Paul when he said; “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified (set aside from sin), and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” (Romans 10:8-10)
There are other steps to living the Christian life including, baptism and finding and attending a bible based church for fellowship and encouragement but the simple truth of salvation is that, if, we believe in him and have faith in him who has died for all sin. He who asks only that we accept him as our Lord and Master. We will receive eternal salvation from the penalties of sin and we will live in the house of the Lord forever. AMEN… May you receive his holy blessings this day and forever…
