The Hole in Our Holiness - Week 4

For this week’s recap of Study, I am assigning myself a ‘F’.  I kind of failed to blog either Tuesday evening or Wednesday evening so now I find myself writing on Thursday night at 10:19 pm.   Sorry about that.  **sheepish grin**  

We started off like always with some discussion of things we learned this week via Aussie Rules.  A discussion about how to delight and invest in the Word ensued.  Also, we questioned what does quality time with God really, truly mean.  The Lord alerts us to Him and wants to have communion with us.  It’s through this time that we learn that God can use anyone that He wants.  Just like Moses, we can sometimes doubt that we’re the right person for the job but God will use us if it is His will.  

The first discussion of the week over The Hole in Our Holiness centered around whether or not we believe that the Law of the Lord is to be delighted in.  To answer that, we have to question why God gave us to the Law.   The truth is that God doesn’t just go about tossing out commands right and left like a Mayor in a convertible during a parade tossing out candy.  Every command that the Lord issues has a purpose and it is because He loves us.  It is through the Law that we are able to create a relationship with God.  Christ lived the Law out perfectly in a way that we never could.  It’s through our inability to perfectly live up to the Law that Christ’s sacrifice became necessary and therefore God shows His love. 

From there, we began discussing Kevin’s massive list detailing ways that the Bible encourages holiness.  While the list could be overwhelming at first glance, it was also encouraging as a whole to the group.  What was interesting about the list is that it encompassed things that we’d heard previously as well as motivations for holiness that are seldom heard.  For example, when we view the bad examples of others, it can encourage us to act in a different fashion.  Also, we questioned whether or not it is selfish to be motivated for holiness purely to gain eternal reward.  There is nothing wrong with desiring an eternal reward, but it should not necessarily be our sole purpose in following Christ.

**side note**  For some strange reason I wrote in my journal this week that we should buy cookies and donuts for study.  I’m sure that there’s a story there, but I don’t remember.  Please remind me why this matters.

Scripture discussed this week:

• ·         Deuteronomy 32:46 – 47
• ·         Hebrews 2:18
• ·         James 2:19

Sorry again to all two of my readers for being late in posting this.  I promise to do better next week.  :)

And now for your weekly moment of Reflection!