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Hi Passionate Youth Reaching Out, today is Wednesday, August 17, My name is Grant and this is StartUp, helping you start your day with an upward focus. Today we continue to look at the difficult subject of God choosing some and not others.
Romans 9:19–21 (HCSB)
19 You will say to me, therefore, “Why then does He still find fault? For who can resist His will?” 20 But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” 21 Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?
Paul asks a question here that some of his readers would probably have also been asking. “Why should God find fault with people? No human can resist God’s sovereign will, so why should He be upset at those who continue to sin against him
It’s the sort of question that shifts the blame from us to God. Its the sort of question that might make you sound smart, but won’t do anything to deal with the problem of sin.
To explain God’s sovereign rule, Paul uses the example from the book of Isaiah with the potter and the clay. It is the potter’s job to from the clay into useful objects. Some objects are much more valuable than others. None of the objects has any right to say to their creator, “It’s not fair that I am created this way.” It’s the same with us and the decisions that our Creator God makes. We have no right to say to God, “How dare you do that? How could you ever make that decision?” It’s one thing to have a holy curiosity, where you want to understand God’s heart in a decision, it’s another to have a wrong sense of anger and defiance in asking God those questions.
God is our sovereign creator, he has full authority over everything that he has made. We are in no position to try and force God to do anything for us. Instead, the correct posture that we take is one of worshiping our Creator, and trusting his truth and saving power in our lives.
Challenge
I need some feedback from you all on the challenges. I want to hear your stories. My challenge for you this week is to find a practical way to show God’s love to somebody. It might be helping out a neighbour with a task, writing an encouraging note or whatever else you could think of. Just reach out to someone with the love of God.
Invitation
The next event that we have to look forward to is a night that is for our whole church. We have rented a picnic site at Edworthy Park on Tuesday, August 30. Plan to be there, and bring along everything that you need for supper, fun and relaxation.
Thanks for listening to today’s StartUp, you can find all of the details about our youth group online at hbcyouth.ca. We are also on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, all of the social media links are available at hbcyouth.ca .
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By Grant van BoeschotenHi Passionate Youth Reaching Out, today is Wednesday, August 17, My name is Grant and this is StartUp, helping you start your day with an upward focus. Today we continue to look at the difficult subject of God choosing some and not others.
Romans 9:19–21 (HCSB)
19 You will say to me, therefore, “Why then does He still find fault? For who can resist His will?” 20 But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” 21 Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?
Paul asks a question here that some of his readers would probably have also been asking. “Why should God find fault with people? No human can resist God’s sovereign will, so why should He be upset at those who continue to sin against him
It’s the sort of question that shifts the blame from us to God. Its the sort of question that might make you sound smart, but won’t do anything to deal with the problem of sin.
To explain God’s sovereign rule, Paul uses the example from the book of Isaiah with the potter and the clay. It is the potter’s job to from the clay into useful objects. Some objects are much more valuable than others. None of the objects has any right to say to their creator, “It’s not fair that I am created this way.” It’s the same with us and the decisions that our Creator God makes. We have no right to say to God, “How dare you do that? How could you ever make that decision?” It’s one thing to have a holy curiosity, where you want to understand God’s heart in a decision, it’s another to have a wrong sense of anger and defiance in asking God those questions.
God is our sovereign creator, he has full authority over everything that he has made. We are in no position to try and force God to do anything for us. Instead, the correct posture that we take is one of worshiping our Creator, and trusting his truth and saving power in our lives.
Challenge
I need some feedback from you all on the challenges. I want to hear your stories. My challenge for you this week is to find a practical way to show God’s love to somebody. It might be helping out a neighbour with a task, writing an encouraging note or whatever else you could think of. Just reach out to someone with the love of God.
Invitation
The next event that we have to look forward to is a night that is for our whole church. We have rented a picnic site at Edworthy Park on Tuesday, August 30. Plan to be there, and bring along everything that you need for supper, fun and relaxation.
Thanks for listening to today’s StartUp, you can find all of the details about our youth group online at hbcyouth.ca. We are also on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, all of the social media links are available at hbcyouth.ca .