SALVATION COMMITMENT (5 OF 52)
Scripture: Judges 6:25-32
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Salvation Commitment (5 of 52)
Series: Discipleship
Christopher B. Harbin
Judges 6:25-32
We often talk about salvation in terms of escaping hell or getting a ticket to heaven as an eternal destination. The Biblical picture of salvation is much more complex than our simplified concepts. Salvation is about wholeness, it is about being all we can be, it is about being in proper relationship with God and one another. From that perspective, it also requires much more than we tend to consider. It involves the radical change of our lives from the inside out. It requires the commitment to a new way of living. Are we prepared to take up the challenge of salvation?
Gideon is an interesting Old Testament character. He was called by God to rescue his people from the oppression they were experiencing at the hand of the Midianites. The underlying issue, however, was that Israel was being repeatedly unfaithful to Yahweh. In Gideon's case, his own father had an altar to Baal. Gideon was involved in the worship of this foreign idol when Yahweh's prophet came to speak with him. God called Gideon to step beyond his own family's idolatry and become faithful to Yahweh.
Yahweh had much more in store for Gideon than Gideon had been working for. He had been busy attempting to protect a portion of grain from the fields for the benefit of his family. He was hiding a store of rations to ensure their survival, but Yahweh's call upon him entailed the redemption of the entire nation. The first step in that process, however, required something of Gideon that made Gideon rather uncertain. Yahweh required a measure of trust.
Trust is the active form for the word we commonly speak of as faith. Trust demands that the actions of our lives measure up to the claims of our lips. Trust requires that we embody our claims of confidence in God's provision. Trust requires that we commit to actions with inherently uncertain outcomes apart from God's intervention, faithfulness, and unseen prov ...
Series: Discipleship
Christopher B. Harbin
Judges 6:25-32
We often talk about salvation in terms of escaping hell or getting a ticket to heaven as an eternal destination. The Biblical picture of salvation is much more complex than our simplified concepts. Salvation is about wholeness, it is about being all we can be, it is about being in proper relationship with God and one another. From that perspective, it also requires much more than we tend to consider. It involves the radical change of our lives from the inside out. It requires the commitment to a new way of living. Are we prepared to take up the challenge of salvation?
Gideon is an interesting Old Testament character. He was called by God to rescue his people from the oppression they were experiencing at the hand of the Midianites. The underlying issue, however, was that Israel was being repeatedly unfaithful to Yahweh. In Gideon's case, his own father had an altar to Baal. Gideon was involved in the worship of this foreign idol when Yahweh's prophet came to speak with him. God called Gideon to step beyond his own family's idolatry and become faithful to Yahweh.
Yahweh had much more in store for Gideon than Gideon had been working for. He had been busy attempting to protect a portion of grain from the fields for the benefit of his family. He was hiding a store of rations to ensure their survival, but Yahweh's call upon him entailed the redemption of the entire nation. The first step in that process, however, required something of Gideon that made Gideon rather uncertain. Yahweh required a measure of trust.
Trust is the active form for the word we commonly speak of as faith. Trust demands that the actions of our lives measure up to the claims of our lips. Trust requires that we embody our claims of confidence in God's provision. Trust requires that we commit to actions with inherently uncertain outcomes apart from God's intervention, faithfulness, and unseen prov ...
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