Thurs., 2/27/20 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."

There is a lot of confusion in a lot of Christianity (broadly-construed) today. But none of this befuddlement is from God. Most of it comes from unqualified teachers who lead people astray. The God of glory has laid-out enough con-tent doctrine, theology, knowledge, and understanding in the Scriptures for faithful and truly-called pastors and elders to quite sufficiently lead the flocks of Christ into all the fields of plenty and peace—which are all found in Jesus.

The problem of confusion originates in the author of confusion (Satan), and is forwarded by his cohorts. The trouble is with sinful men who craft their own false gospels, and who spurn the only true one. Let us, by grace, sincerely cling to Jesus as His sane and well-ordered church; and enjoy by faith the benefits of life in the body of Christ.

[AUGUSTINE quote of the day: “When all the boasting is over, what is any man but just another man?” —from, “City of God,” Bk. 5.]