The Mystery Of God's Salvation Series

TO PAUL GODS WORD IS NOT JUST SOME THEOLOGICAL EXERCISE WITH THE HEAD TO GRAPPLE WITH WITHOUT ENGAGING THE HEART (LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOU HEART SOUL STEGNTH AND MIND) PAUL MIND AND HEART ARE ENGAGED TOGETHER IN THE WORSHIP OF GOD AND PAUL HAS GONE AS FAR AS HE CAN …… AND ITS AS IF HE FALLS TO THE GROUND AND SIMPLY CRIES OUT IN ADORATION

PAUL HAS BEEN UNPACKING THE HEART AND MIND OF GOD, THESE THEOLOGICAL TRUTHS EFFECT HIM SPIRITUALLY IN THE INNER MAN – HIS THEOLOGY EFFECTS HIS WORSHIP OF GOD . AND THIS IS WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW - NOT ABLE TO REACH THE BOTTOM OF GODS INFINITE BEING AND WAYS.

V33 AT HE DEPTH OF THE RICHES OF THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. HOW UNSEARCHABLE HIS JUDGMENTS AND HIS PATHS BEYOND TRACING OUT!

34 -35. HE POISES THREE RHETORICAL QUESTIONS 1. WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD? 2. WHO HAS BEEN HIS COUNSELOR? 3 WHO HAS EVER GIVEN TO GOD, THAT HE SHOULD REPAY HIM?

TO SIMPLY DRIVE HOME THE GREATNESS AND THE MYSTERY OF GODS SALVATION PLAN. TO SHOW THAT WE ARE IN NO POSITION WHATSOEVER TO BE A CRITIC OF GOD.

CONSIDER RICHARD DAWKINS WITH HIS PHD, WITH HIS LECTURES, DEBATES , TV DOCUMENTARIES WRITING BOOKS AND RUNNING ATHEISTIC ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS ON THE LONDON BUSES, HE IS AN STUANCH ANTI CHRIST. TRYING HIS UPMOST TO EXPLAIN GOD AWAY….. IT’S REALLY LAUGHABLE. ITS LIKE THE BRAIN OF A FLEA COMING UP AGAINST A KRAY SUPER COMPUTER TIMES A ZILLION. (IF THERE IS SUCH A NUMBER!)

AS CHRISTIANS WE CAN BECOME A BIT OF CRITIC OF HIS WAYS, TO TALK BACK TO GOD, TO THINK THAT WE KNOW BEST IS FOOLISH. THE BOOK OF ROMANS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT BOOK TO GRAPPLE WITH BUT IT IS THE MYSTERY OF GODS SALVATION PLAN REVEALED TO US. IF WE FAIL TO REST AND SUBMIT TO GODS WAYS, WE WILL FAIL TO TRULY ENTER INTO ADORATION AND PRAISES OF GOD IN TRUE WORSHIP.

ONE LAST THOUGHT : REMEMBER AT ONE TIME YOU WERE GRATIFYING YOUR OWN SINFUL NATURE, A PEOPLE GOING YOUR OWN WAY - BUT GOD HAS STEPPED IN AND RESCUED US THROUGH HIS SON, SHOWN US HIS MERCY - LAVISHED HIS GRACE AND POURED OUT HIS LOVE. BROUGHT US INTO THE PRIVILEGES OF GODS SALVATION PLAN. THERE IS ONLY ONE RESPONSE, ONE OF ADORATION, THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US THIS IS WORSHIP!

AMEN