An Encounter With God’s Restoration
Text: 2 Samuel 14:10-14
“So the king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.” Then she said, “Please let the king remember the LORD your God, and do not permit the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son.” And he said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.” Therefore the woman said, “Please, let your maidservant speak another word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Say on.” So the woman said: “Why then have you schemed such a thing against the people of God? For the king speaks this thing as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring his banished one home again. For we will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises means, so that His banished ones are not expelled from Him.” nkj
Let’s look at the lessons we learn from this section of our readings.
Time is short. When life ends, it’s over.
“For we will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again.”
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” nkj James 4:13-14
“Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.” nkj Colossians 4:5
Ephesians 5:16 adds to the thought by telling us “because the days are evil.”
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” nkj 2 Corinthians 6:2
We must do our best to live in a manner that is harmonious with a living, loving relationship toward God. Sometimes however, we mess up and sin. A fall doesn’t mean the end. * 1 John 2:1, “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. This is where the true family of God comes in. We must be there to point out the truth and the way to restauration.
11 remember the LORD your God,
When we are dealing with brothers and sisters in Sin, we must remember the Lord dealing with us – mercy, compassion, righteousness.
God wants to restore people to right relationship with HIMSELF. The cross cost HIM everything, He doesn’t want it wasted.
Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises means, so that His banished ones are not expelled from Him. In Luke 19:10, Jesus himself said that He came to “seek and to save the lost.”
John 3:17, “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” nkj
The woman reminded the king that he needed to find a way to “bring his banished one home again.”
WE must find a way to RESTORE people to right relationship with God
“Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” nkj Galatians 6:1-2
10 “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.”
When God sets free You are FREE indeed!
Romans 8:31-34, “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.”
Colossians 1:21-22, And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight” nkj
With all this the woman still has concerns and worries: “do not permit the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son.”
The King responds: “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
Romans 8:1-2 “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” nkj
Remember: It was God the Father who sought YOU out.
It was God the Father who declared you clean through Jesus Christ.
You ARE FREE!
You have a reason to rejoice in the Lord.
Why not turn to God now and enjoy a new Encounter With God.
Blessings,
Pastor Brent.
He is Risen!
It is time for us to have AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD by turning our lives over to Him through faith in Jesus Christ. We need to read His word, believe it, and ask Him to work it out in us through His Holy Spirit.
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