Luke 6:12-49, I Kings 12-13
The nation of Israel is divided.
This once great people of God, His chosen ones, have now torn themselves
apart. It’s the story of mankind,
the story of the Sunday school lesson, our own story. We are often divided, but we can always choose! There’s an old tradition that is renewing
itself across the protestant landscape; it’s the tradition of
predestination. Its foundation is
that God’s saving grace is offered to only those He has predestined to accept
it. Its reality is that humans
have no choice in their eternal destiny.
However, from Genesis to Revelation man has always been presented with
two options, either eat the fruit or don’t eat the fruit or be hot or be
cold. The same holds true in this
passage in
I Kings…follow Rehoboam or follow Jeroboam, worship God or worship the
two golden calves, leave and don’t eat and drink or stay and eat and
drink. Lastly, according to our
Sunday school lesson we can live to benefit others or live to benefit
ourselves. It’s always a choice
because God loves us, all of us, and desires that none of us should perish. That’s the gospel and the good news of Christ.
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