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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Ecclesiastes 1:2-11, Psalm 90, Luke 9:7-9
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"VAIN REPETITIONS"
"Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are
vanity!" —Ecclesiastes 1:2
Life without a total commitment to Christ is not just vanity, but all
vanity. Work, sex, speech, sight, and hearing are all vanity without Jesus
(Eccl 1:3-8). Because of this, you would think that people would be eager
to know and love Christ, since He is the only Meaning to life (see Jn
14:6). However, the reactions of worldly people to Christ are often like
Herod's reaction. They find Christ perplexing (Lk 9:7) and are "very
curious to see Him" (Lk 9:9).
They will never get beyond this perplexed curiosity until they do two
things: repent and believe. We can think and talk about Jesus forever —
all the way to hell — but the only way to know Him personally is to repent
of our sins (see Mk 1:15; Acts 2:38) and put our faith in Him rather than
in ourselves. Jesus will give us the grace to break out of the vicious,
vain, meaningless cycle of life, if we let it be done unto us according to
God's will (see Lk 1:38).
We only have one Way out of vanity, perplexity, and curiosity (see Jn
14:6). His name is Jesus. "There is no salvation in anyone else, for there
is no other name in the whole world given to men by which we are to be
saved" (Acts 4:12).
Prayer: Father, thank You for loving us so much as to send Your Son that
whoever believes in Him would not perish but have everlasting life (Jn
3:16).
Promise: "Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of
heart." —Ps 90:12
Praise: Only after a new experience of Pentecost did Alex receive the Holy
Spirit and life to the full (Jn 10:10).
(For a related teaching, order our tape "Pride and Faith" on audio AV 64-1
or video V-64.)
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