An Unblameable Heart
1 Thessalonians 3
An Unblameable Heart, 1 Thessalonians 3. Who can change the heart of man? Can we in our great eloquence and our perfect example before men persuade them to become believers?
Now God himself and our Father,
and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. And the Lord make
you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all
men, even as we do toward you; to the end he may stablish your heart
unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
I Thessalonians 3:11-13, King James Version
An Unblameable Heart
1 Thessalonians 3
Who can change the heart of man? Can we in our great eloquence and our perfect example before men persuade them to become believers? If we plead and cajole enough will they come to Christ? Can we produce an unblameable heart within them?
The
answer seems so obvious, and yet our very lives seem to proclaim the
opposite. How many days do we jump out of bed and rush to face the day
in our own strength? How many days do we remember to fall on our knees
before our righteous and holy God and cry out for strength and wisdom to
live that day?
It is not wrong for us to seek to persuade others to come to Christ, however, let us remember to bathe those efforts in prayer. Apart from Christ, all of our efforts are in vain.
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalm 127:1, KJV
For what did Paul pray in this letter to the Thessalonian believers? Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. Paul prayed that God himself would direct his way.
For what did Paul pray regarding the believers? And
the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another,
and toward all men; . . . to the end he may stablish your heart
unblameable in holiness before God.
So there it is! We not only cannot produce an unblameable heart in others, we cannot even produce a heart that is blameless in ourselves!
Go,
today, in the strength and hope of the Lord, knowing that He, through
the blood of Christ, can produce in you a heart that is blameless and a love
for your fellow man.
Now
God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way
unto you. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one
toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you; to the end
he may stablish your heart unblameable in holiness before God, even our
Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
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