Another Sunday past; another excellent lesson. This Sunday, we were studying Matthew 20:17-19, and the facilitator (whose name shall remain anonymous to protect the innocent) brought to the forefront of our discussion the typical apathy with which we regard the sufferings of our Lord. He taught, that though we claim to cherish the cross and what it afforded us, we demonstrate that we do not cherish it by our willingness to continue in the sins that put Christ on the cross, for every sin that we commit is a spitting on the face of Christ, and every conceived lust is a laceration on his back.
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12 JanQuick Thoughts, ii. Idolizing God’s Good Gifts
The wife and I were bad and attended two Sunday School classes yesterday, one of which was a newly formed, newlywed / no children as of yet class and the other was the young adult class that we had been attending for some time. In the first class, we went over the text in 1 Thessalonians 4 concerning the Return of Christ, and it brought out some good discussion, the best of which I believe was our admitting that we, at least sometimes, do not find ourselves eagerly awaiting the return of Christ. We confessed that we sometimes find ourselves clinging to our earthly treasures, desires, and plans and that we want the Lord “to hold off” for just a few more decades while we experience these good things.
10 DecQuick Thoughts: A Penny in the Eyes of God
And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on” (Mark 12:41-44).
What do you want said of you at the end of your life, that you gave large sums but a tenth of your life or that you gave a meager amount but the whole of your life? With whom do you think that Christ will be pleased, and which one do you think will have treasures stored up for himself in heaven?