1 Corinthians 4:6-21 Rod of Discipline or Love?

1 Corinthians 4:6-21
Rod of discipline or love and gentle spirit; which would you prefer? Actually, the only thing I can think of this morning is that if we don't like the rod of discipline then maybe we ought to straighten out our lives and walk in the way that has been set before us. There are not many ways. There is one way. That way has been testified to us by the witnesses of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. Let us listen to them. Let us learn the way in which we are to go and follow Him.

Beginning with those first disciples the church has come a long way. We have strayed often. We have been disciplined often. Yet, there is always love and a gentle spirit to greet us when we return to the way in which we are to go. There is forgiveness.

God's Peace - Pr. J

Job 9 - His Mercy is Great!

“If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together, someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more." (vs 33, 34)

Thanks be to God, since the time this story of Job was written, God in his mercy, has sent us a mediator, someone to remove God's rod from us. 

Job presents the awesomeness of God.  God is so awesome that Job cannot dare to stand before him and present a defense of his innocence.  All one can do is beg for God's mercy.  All we can do is trust in His mercy.

And, that mercy is seen in the giving of His Son, Jesus the Christ, for the world.       

Thanks be to God, for His mercy is great!

God's Peace - Pr. J