"Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you."
I like the apostle's attitude here. He has just laid-out how the believer is to be pressing on, laying hold of Jesus, etc. And now, in complete realism, he says that the "mature" ought to "have this mind." Paul re-
cognizes that some folks will think other ways about the Christian life--but he has enough faith in God, to believe that they will be en-
lightened, too, in the Lord's good time.
This is a liberating perspective. Let all God's people--be they clergy or laity--be faithful to Christ; and may we leave the results of all things in His holy hands.
[Puritan quote of the day: "So, when the whole sum is cast up, what does the sinner contribute to his justification? Nothing but receiving it, which is called 'faith' (and that is not his own either, but a gift too)." --Obadiah Grew, in, "The Lord our Righteousness"]
