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Wednesday,
January 27, 2010
Playing The System
John 6:25-27 And when they had found him
on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou
hither? (26) Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the
loaves, and were filled. (27) Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but
for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man
shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. (KJV)
There are a lot of people out and about
today that could be described simply as deadbeats, people that are just
looking for a handout. Even the Lord dealt with these people who were only
looking to get their belly filled and not their Spirit. Not much has
changed today either, in fact, it has only gotten worse and worse; people
treat God like He is just some ATM in the sky, they are always on the take
and looking for another blessing.
John 6:13-15 Therefore they gathered them
together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley
loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. (14) Then
those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of
a truth that prophet that should come into the world. (15) When Jesus
therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him
a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. (KJV)
If you notice, when they decided to make
the Lord a king it was right after the miracle of the loaves. Heck they
thought this is the guy we want to follow, because He will gives us
everything we need, well at least from their carnal point of view.
John 6:15
[Take
him by force, to make him a king] The Jews had often suffered by famine in those times in which their
enemies were permitted to prevail over them; but, finding that Jesus had
such power as to multiply a few loaves to feed thousands, they took it for
granted that while he was at their head no evil could possibly happen to
them, and therefore were determined immediately to proclaim him king, and
rid themselves at once of Herod and the Romans. Our Lord perceiving this,
either by some words which they had dropped, or by his penetration of their
hearts retired before the project had been fully formed, or could be put
into execution. It was not until a considerable time afterward that even
the disciples fully understood that his kingdom was not of this world.
(from Adam Clarke Commentary)
Phil 3:18-19 (For many walk, of whom I
have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the
enemies of the cross of Christ: (19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) (KJV)
You know these same fickle people that
desired to make Him a king, well, not long after wards they were screaming
for His crucifixion. So if your motives for serving the Lord are for any
other reason than a love for Him and seeking to reciprocate it in return,
then you to will end up one of the deadbeats playing the system as well,
saying praise the Lord one week, and crucifying Him all over again by your
fallen lifestyle in the flesh.
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