Today is Monday and it has been a good day. Got a little done at my desk on a brain drain day following a busy Sunday. Sunday was a wonderful day of Worship. The day began early for us and ended as usual rather late. I have spent the day mostly shuffling paper back and forth, attended a meeting around the noon hour and grabbed lunch on the go. Began sketching Sunday Morning's idea on 1 John 3.1-10. And will be heading off to the annual meeting of our Baptist Association this evening. I am kind of looking forward to arriving home this evening. The contractor has a sub-contracting crew at the house installing our Granite counter tops. Looking forward to seeing that coupled with the paint, the flooring and the cabinets. Tuesday the backsplash will be installed and the appliances will be delivered. The appliances, and sink, disposal and the remainder of the lighting will be installed on Wednesday and Thursday. We would love to be back in that kitchen dinning room. But we will just have to wait until next monday evening. We have a very busy Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We will be out attending meetings most of the time through the weekend.
Todays reading is from 1 John 3.1-3; "Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does no know us, because it did not know Him."
v. 2; "Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not et been revealed what we shall be but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is."
v. 3; "And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure." (NKJV)
The idea is that verse one is a literal outburst of joy and wonder. "Behold," "Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, . . . that we should be called children of God!" What a verse. John opens the passage with utter amazement. "See how great a love, . . ." The word translated "see," or "behold," is both a command and an exclamation that exhorts the reader to give close attention to the rest of what is about to be stated. "Behold how great, what manner, . . ." Here the adjective implies a reaction of astonishment, and usually of admiration. The expression conveys a quality and a quantity "what glorious, measureless love!" MacArthur writes; "God loves believers with a "love," that is impossible to articulate in any human language and that is utterly foreign to normal human understanding and experience. " He goes on to say; "This is agape love, God's volitional love that He, of His own feee and uninfluenced choice, "has bestowed on" all whom He has called to savingly believe in Jesus Christ. Think about it. And while we are at it, "Behold." "See," "Would you look at that!" "Consider, what marvelous love the Father has bestowed upon us, just look at it!" John Piper suggests that we read so fast through a passage that we miss the impact of the words we are reading. Slow down. Consider your reading. "Behold."
Well this is my ramblings for the afternoon.
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