If our death is a discipline?
Meditation in 1 Corinthians 11: 29-32
- Living for Christ is hard enough.
- However.
- Dying for Christ is also very difficult.
- We need all the help we can get.
- It is a matter of faith.
- Are we going to trust him to the end.
- Are we going to rest in his grace or his panic.
- Imagining that we are destined for hell.
- Will we be able to deal with the fear that our death is a punishment and the prelude to something?Worse.
- Than the doubts planted by the devil! We must learn to repel it with the sword of the Spirit.
- The Word of God; that’s another part of our defense.
Suppose we really sin out of negligence and dislike God. Let us also suppose that we are “disciplined”, and by the Lord, as a result of this sin, and that he sends us a disease. Warning! I am not saying that we are being punished, in the sense that we are suffering the pain of sin. Christ endured the punishment of all our sins on the cross: “Carrying our sins in his body, in the wood, that, who died for sins, he may live for righteousness; Have you been healed by your wounds?(1 Peter 2:24). However, I used the word “Disciplined”?in the sense of rebuking, correcting, purifying, and preserving the worst, does the Lord correct those He loves and whips every child he receives?(Hebrews 12:6).
But would God withdraw us with death as part of his discipline?The Apostle Paul said that God sometimes does this. As a result of the sins committed in the Lord’s food, Paul wrote:
He who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment for himself; that’s why there are many weak and sick among you and not a few who sleep [p. Ex, they’re dead. ] For if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged; But when we are judged, are we disciplined by the Lord for fear of being condemned to the world?(1 Corinthians 11: 29-32).
In other words, getting sick, weak, and even dying are forms of the Lord’s discipline. The goal is not conviction. It happened on the cross. For us, is there no conviction? (Romans 8. 1). Isn’t the goal to be damned with the world? (1 Corinthians 11:32). In other words, death is sometimes a disciplinary matter that seeks to save us from condemnation. Are any of you sleeping [p. Eg who have died]? so that we are not condemned with the world.
Of course, this is not the reason for all the deaths of God’s precious saints. Do not immediately conclude that your illness or death is due to a path of sin, from which you must be freed, but suppose that is what is happening.
Will thinking about this help you die more calmly, with more faith and hope?My answer is that all biblical teaching is destined to help you die, as well as to be a stimulus for faith, in the light of truth (Romans 15:4). ).
So how does this truth strengthen us so that we can have a hopeful death?Peut-être. La think that we are sinners is not a great threat to our peace?Isn’t it the thought that God is sovereign and that He could eliminate?sickness, if He wanted, threatens us with feelings of fear, when we know that if the disease persists, He must act against us?And how are we going to deal with these fears when we know that we are truly sinners and that corruption remains in us?Right now, we turn to the Bible to encourage us by showing that God is ready to save believers who have sinned and are very imperfect.
However, we know that God is holy and hates sin, including sin committed by his children; we also know that he disciplines his children through painful experiences (Hebrews 12:11). We are not among those who claim that God has nothing to do. with the painful experiences of life. Therefore, we seek help and hope in the Word of God, which is quite realistic. And do we find in 1 Corinthians 11:32 that the death of the saints?Is death discipline and judgment not condemnation, but salvation. God takes away the believer who is in sin, because He loves him so much that he will not allow him to continue in sin.
It’s a powerful stimulus. This is not easy to understand and is not often taught, but it is a solid rock. What this tells us is all this: we need not be sure that the moment of our death is due to our sin, or Satan’s cruelty (Revelation 2. 10), or to other goals of God. What we really need is deep certainty that if our death is the result of our foolishness and sin, we can rest in peace in God’s love. At this time, these words will be exceedingly precious: “We are disciplined by the Lord, for fear of being condemned with the world. “In this way, we learn to die calmly.
Devotion of John Piper’s book Provai e Vede
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