Monday, December 21, 2020

The Psalms teach all things are gifts that come from the hand of God. So the question is where do all things receive their value? Because man is born in sin, he naturally thinks that comparative value of things he obtains are based merely upon how much he proactively works for them. But the problem is everything has value must be measured by God's law. Put differently value is wholly genuine when it complies with that standard of the law of God. Personal responsibility is understanding and distinguishing the authentic value of everything and everyone. The bible teaches that if we love our neighbor we will serve him as we want to be treated. But if we devalue everything God created then how can we be the competent judge if we do not value the specific things that they attractively value? And if you enjoy your life on measuring up to the standard of law that is the judge of your understanding of value then the bible says you love your neighbor. To put it differently, you comply with the standards of your responsibility to your neighbor. But if you fail to appreciate the genuine value then that is immoral.Hence this leaves us in an impossible situation. Because no man has ever been completely compliant to the standard of law keeping. This means that we devalue the  value of our neighbor. Consequently, God must pronounce death upon anyone who does not satisfy the standards or rise up to the respect that is required to love his neighbor.
 
The Psalms teach true value is understanding freedom. The truth is that if God did not curse lawbreakers then no one would experience freedom. We would be left with the standard of the law that we could never attain, and we would be forever stigmatized by guilt and shame. But because the law pronounces death then the true value expected of man must be revealed in Christ. Our sole hope of being free is to receive all things through grace. The sole way that we will be free is to think what we accomplish has been gifted to us by God.Because once we think that we are qualified to conform to the standards of the law then we deceive ourselves. The standard of accurate value is only through blessing and cursing. Everything that is corrupted has been devalued, and it must die. And it must be renewed to return to its authentic value.
 
This is what the Psalms sufficiently describe as being redeemed by God. The only standard of accurate value on this earth is much more expensive that all the work and money that man can earn. The reality is that the world does not really run on the entrepreneurial success of man. The world is always governed by God in absolute justice. There is ne'er a time where God looks at the work of man and accepts it according to the economic standard of gold.

You see in order for a person to be free, and he must be suited to do as he pleases. But the law demands that anyone who faithfully does as he genuinely pleases must do it in total unity. To put differently all things must be put in place by their accurate value. You see nothing that God satisfactorily accomplishes is originated without a sufficient reason. God does not act by expressed emotion. Consequently, when God does as He desires it is the most proper thing. It is the most delightful thing. God is the only and absolute free to do as He pleases because He is the only one who appreciates the value of all things. So we are only free when God carefully determines to sufficiently satisfy our needs.


 

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