LeeJUk
Puritan Board Junior
I had a great revelation today in my reading of "Knowing God" by J . I . Packer
and by the way if you haven't read it already you need to buy it!
So I was reading through some of the chapters he has on the gospel. So I had good grasp on propitiation and all of that. However, I had always thought on adoption as a bit of a thing where it was like "yeah...ok cool I'm God's child now" that's the matter settled. I have only met my human father a handful of times so I was somewhat in the dark when it came to God as a Father.
I was always quite understanding of the side of propitiation, the holiness of God, our duty, our obedience but intimacy with God as Father was hard for me.
So I read the chapter on propitiation, wonderfully done but then Packer, moves on to God as Father and it just blew me away. A large part of the cross was about this great fact it's not just a legal settlement with God we have!
It's changed everything. Some Parts that affected me most were
Just like Christ we relate to God in his
Also it kind of took away this problem I've had when Packer said:
We do things in imitation of God, to Glorify God and to PLEASE God. Just like Christ.
the problem I had was I was often reading the epistles and with all of these things that Paul was telling the people to do and I was like how on earth am I to remember half of these instructions.
Just a blessed day all round. I should be studying for college exams I have on friday but It seems this has captivated me.
Praise God!
and by the way if you haven't read it already you need to buy it!
So I was reading through some of the chapters he has on the gospel. So I had good grasp on propitiation and all of that. However, I had always thought on adoption as a bit of a thing where it was like "yeah...ok cool I'm God's child now" that's the matter settled. I have only met my human father a handful of times so I was somewhat in the dark when it came to God as a Father.
I was always quite understanding of the side of propitiation, the holiness of God, our duty, our obedience but intimacy with God as Father was hard for me.
So I read the chapter on propitiation, wonderfully done but then Packer, moves on to God as Father and it just blew me away. A large part of the cross was about this great fact it's not just a legal settlement with God we have!
It's changed everything. Some Parts that affected me most were
Just like Christ we relate to God in his
- Authority over us
- Affection for us (which he later states, God loves us even as he loves Christ)
- Fellowship (as Christ had)
- Honor (We honor the Father and he honors us just like Christ)
Also it kind of took away this problem I've had when Packer said:
We do things in imitation of God, to Glorify God and to PLEASE God. Just like Christ.
the problem I had was I was often reading the epistles and with all of these things that Paul was telling the people to do and I was like how on earth am I to remember half of these instructions.
Just a blessed day all round. I should be studying for college exams I have on friday but It seems this has captivated me.
Praise God!