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.”Sadly, there is a lot of confusion in a lot of Christian congregations today, (as there always has been, to one extent or another). But none of this befuddle-ment is ever from God. The Lord has laid-out enough content doctrine, theo-logy, knowledge, and understanding in the canonical Scriptures for faithful pastors and elders to quite sufficiently lead the flocks of God into fields of life, clarity, plenty, and peace—by always focusing on our Lord Jesus Christ.
The problem is not and never is with God—it is always with us sinful humans who craft our own false deities and gospels, and who spurn the one and only true God. Let us, by sovereign grace, sincerely cling to Jesus, and enjoy by faith the benefits of life and order in the covenant of His elect and redeemed 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"]
