Day Two: 2 Kings
22:11-13 “When
the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. Then he
commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah,
Shaphan the court secretary, and the king’s servant Asaiah: ‘Go and inquire of
the Lord for me, the people, and all Judah about the instruction in this book
that has been found. For great is the Lord’s wrath that is kindled against us
because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this book in order to do
everything written about us.’ ”
HAVE
YOU HEARD OF THE GINSU KNIFE? A quick search of YouTube will provide
the original commercials of these knives.
The maker of these knives claimed they could cut through just about anything
without dulling their blades.
On the commercials, you’ll see these
knives cut through all kinds of things, including frozen vegetables, tree
branches, nails, leather shoes, the bones in T-bone steaks, soda cans, and even
the head of a hammer. It takes a pretty
incredible (and sharp) knife to slice through all of these objects!
Notice what Hebrews says about God’s Word.
It says that it’s sharper than any two-edged sword.
In other words, God’s Word cuts deeper than any Ginsu knife could ever cut.
It cuts through everything we encounter in this world, and penetrates our hearts.
God’s Word slices through our body and exposes the sinful condition of our hearts.
No matter how deep we try to bury our
sins, God’s Word cuts through and exposes them.
And that is a wonderful thing. By cutting through
our entire being and revealing the sins we’ve committed, we can be confronted
by the gospel of Christ. The good news of
Christ isn’t that He came to save a bunch of good people.
The good news is that “while we were still sinners Christ died for us” (Rom.5:8)!
This demonstrates an important reason
for studying the Scriptures. As we learn more and
more about who God is, we see the impossibility of becoming like Him on our own.
The Bible shows us how desperately we need a Savior!
PAUSE AND REFLECT
▷▷What
does the Bible reveal about our hearts?
▷▷Why
is it so important to realize the sinful condition of our hearts?
▷▷How
has sin affected the world as a whole?
▷▷What
can we do to overcome the sinful condition of our
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