Knowing Jesus — Why Did the Lord Jesus Not Keep the Sabbath?（Part-2）
Similarly, as required by the need of corrupt mankind, today the incarnate God has done a deepened and uplifted work on the basis of the Lord Jesus’ work, expressing words to judge, chastise, and purify man as well as showing man the path to achieve dispositional change.
When some religious leaders hear Almighty God’s work of the last days, they do not treat it with an attitude of seeking and investigating it, but instead they measure Almighty God’s work by each and every word of the Bible. If it matches the words in the Bible, then they will accept it; if not, then they will oppose and reject it. In their own conceptions and imaginations, if God comes but is not called Jesus, then He is not the returned Lord; if God comes but does not bestow His boundless grace and blessings upon man with His merciful and loving disposition, then He is absolutely not the returned Lord. Therefore, man defines God’s work in their notions and imaginations once again, ultimately walking the path of the Pharisees. Nevertheless, God’s new work is not affected by this in the least. Those who truly believe in God, seek God and thirst for God’s appearance all come out from their own notions and imaginations and finally meet the coming of the Lord with a seeking and obedient attitude.
From the facts of God’s work, it can be seen that God has been doing His work according to His own plan and His wisdom all the time. In addition, regardless of in what manner God does His work, it’s all for the better salvation of man, and also for man to be liberated by the truth, which is most beneficial to man. Therefore, we should not define God by our notions or restrict God with our own thoughts. Instead, we should put aside our own conceptions to seek God’s appearance, only through which can we keep up with God’s footsteps and obtain God’s salvation. This is the sense and the reverence for God that should be, at the very least, possessed by a created being.
God’s words say, “Man should not define the work of God; moreover, man cannot define the work of God. In the eyes of God, man is smaller than an ant, so how can man fathom God’s work? Those who are constantly saying, ‘God does not work in this or that way’ or ‘God is like this or that’ — are they not all arrogant? We should all know that people, who are of the flesh, have all been corrupted by Satan. It is their nature to oppose God, and they are not on a parity with God, much less can they offer counsel for the work of God. How God guides man is the work of God Himself. Man should submit, and should not hold such and such a view, for man is but dust. Since we try to seek God, we should not superimpose our conceptions on the work of God for God’s consideration, least of all should we employ our corrupt disposition to deliberately try to oppose the work of God. Would that not make us antichrists? How could such people say that they believe in God? Since we believe that there is a God, and since we wish to satisfy Him and to see Him, we should seek the way of truth, and should look for a way to be compatible with God. We should not stand in stiff-necked opposition to God; what good could come of such actions?” “God makes His own choices and has His own plans when He does His work; moreover, He has His own objectives, and His own methods. It is not necessary for Him to discuss the work He does with man or to seek the advice of man, much less notify each and every person of His work. This is the disposition of God and, moreover, should be recognized by everyone. If you desire to witness the appearance of God, if you wish to follow the footprints of God, then you must first transcend your own conceptions. You must not demand that God do this or that, much less should you place Him within your own confines and limit Him to your own conceptions. Instead, you should ask how you should seek the footprints of God, how you should accept the appearance of God, and how you should submit to the new work of God; that is what should be done by man. Since man is not the truth, and is not possessed of the truth, man should seek, accept, and obey.”
I used to read the story that the Lord Jesus and His disciples pick ears of corn to eat on Sabbath. At that time, I didn’t know His will of doing so. After reading this article, I finally understand that the Lord Jesus took practical action to let people know: He had come out from the Age of Law and did new work, so people needn’t keep rules or abide by any laws. From this we can see that all His work is released freely, He is not constrained by any rules or people, matters, and things because He is always new and never old. However, the Pharisees didn’t know this but defined God with the old laws and theories. Finally, they made a huge mistake and faced God’s righteous punishment. This also reminds us to draw a lesson of the Pharisees’ failure at the crucial time of the Lord’s second coming. We need to have a humble and seeking heart to accept and obey the Lord no matter in what manner He comes back. Only in this way, we can receive the approval of the Lord. Thanks for the author’s sharing.
Source from: Find the shepherd.
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