We are responsible for knowing what God has revealed

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Sanctification”

Our Bible verse for today: “The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them; but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.” Deuteronomy 29:29 (NLT)

Our thought for today: “We are responsible for knowing what God has revealed”

There is much about God and the spiritual realm that we cannot know. Such knowledge is beyond our human capacity for understanding and will therefore remain secret to us until we are one day in heaven. But there is also much we can know. In the Bible God has revealed to us everything we need to know in order to live our best life.

We are not held accountable by God for the things we cannot know because they are beyond us; but we are held accountable for the things that we can and should know. As Moses explained to the people of Israel in Deuteronomy 29:29, God expects us to know and live by all the truth He has revealed to us.

This is where your full involvement in the life of a good church comes into play. Solitary prayer and Bible study are important, but it’s not enough. The Christian life is to be lived in community. Except for short periods of solitary withdrawal for the purpose of communing with God, there are no examples in the New Testament of followers of Jesus isolating themselves from other believers and it having been a good thing. In both the Old and New Testaments, a healthy spiritual life for the people of God is always portrayed as taking place in community.

When we are gathered with fellow believers for Bible study and worship, God speaks to us through the instruction in Sunday school, through the music in worship, and through the words of the preacher in the sermon. Those are all ways the Holy Spirit makes us aware of and teaches us about the things that God has revealed to us and for which we are therefore responsible for knowing and obeying.

The exciting news is that God always has some new lesson, some new revelation prepared for you. Every time you walk through the doors of the church you have a new opportunity to discover, learn, and grow.

Today is Saturday, tomorrow is Sunday. Will you be attending the gathering of your church? If not, I wonder what you will miss. I wonder what new insight God had prepared to reveal to you, something you are responsible for and which He does expect you to know, but which you won’t be there to discover.

We are responsible for knowing what God has revealed. He does hold us accountable for what we can and therefore should know.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

(If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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