Do we need to undergo pressures in order to do something good?
Who is leading us? As nobody can serve two masters (Matthew 6.24), if we are slaves (servants) of men, we aren’t serving Jesus:
Perceive that people of the Old Testament had to die (to be baptized) to Moses, that is to say, although they should abide by Moses and follow him, they couldn’t bank on Moses, but only on the Creator. Understand the difference: one thing was they to hang on Moses, hoping that he sought Jesus for them and sorted out all their problems (lamentably, this is what most of the people do); other thing is hang on to Jesus Christ and try to recognize Him in all our ways and people around us (Proverbs 3.5,6).
So, people needed to be under the cloud and walk through the sea so that they could be guided direct by the Creator without have other option (after all, how was it possible to walk in the desert that is very hot during the day and very cold during the night without the protector cloud of the Creator?).
And what about us? Do we need to be limited by “two big walls of water” and compelled by a big and terrible army lest dodge of the direction given by Jesus? I hope we are baptized (buried) in Christ for this world and vice-versa (Galatians 6.14) and can freely carry out His will with gratefulness and love in our hearts.
Have a week with the affluence of the novelties of the gospel of Jesus and smile to Jesus even in the bad moments (Philippians 4.4).
- “And, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea. And all were baptized to Moses in the cloud and in the sea,” (1Cor 10.1,2).
Who is leading us? As nobody can serve two masters (Matthew 6.24), if we are slaves (servants) of men, we aren’t serving Jesus:
- “For now do I persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.” (Galatians 1.10).
- “You are bought with a price, do not be the slaves of men.” (1Cor 7.23).
Perceive that people of the Old Testament had to die (to be baptized) to Moses, that is to say, although they should abide by Moses and follow him, they couldn’t bank on Moses, but only on the Creator. Understand the difference: one thing was they to hang on Moses, hoping that he sought Jesus for them and sorted out all their problems (lamentably, this is what most of the people do); other thing is hang on to Jesus Christ and try to recognize Him in all our ways and people around us (Proverbs 3.5,6).
So, people needed to be under the cloud and walk through the sea so that they could be guided direct by the Creator without have other option (after all, how was it possible to walk in the desert that is very hot during the day and very cold during the night without the protector cloud of the Creator?).
And what about us? Do we need to be limited by “two big walls of water” and compelled by a big and terrible army lest dodge of the direction given by Jesus? I hope we are baptized (buried) in Christ for this world and vice-versa (Galatians 6.14) and can freely carry out His will with gratefulness and love in our hearts.
Have a week with the affluence of the novelties of the gospel of Jesus and smile to Jesus even in the bad moments (Philippians 4.4).