Tues., 2/27/18 Devotion (1 Cor. 14:33)

Today's encouragement comes from 1 Corinthians 14:33, where we read these words:

"For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints."

Regrettably, there is a lot of confusion in a lot of congregations today, (as there always has been, to one degree or another). But none of this confusion is from God. The Lord has laid-out enough clear content doctrine, theology, knowledge, and understanding in the Scriptures for faithful pastors and elders to quite sufficiently lead His flocks into fields of plenty and peace in Jesus Christ and His gospel of grace.

The problem is not with God; rather it is with sinful men who craft their own gospels, and who spurn the only true one. Let us, by grace, sincerely cling to Jesus, and enjoy by faith the benefits of a sane and well-ordered life in the covenant community of the church.

[Puritan quote of the day: "To have grace, and to be sure that we have grace, is glory upon the throne, it is heaven on this side [of] heaven.” —Thomas Brooks, in, "Heaven on Earth"]