It seems too many a majoring in things that don't matter. We spend time in Bible studies and our own personal lives looking and talking about things that have no bearing on our faith and love for the Lord. For instance, we discover in Ezra 2:67 that 435 camels went with the people of Israel that returned. It's a true fact but one that does not cause me to change my life. What some find as true and interesting facts do not make us see God or help us develop a heart of character and love for the Lord. Too many major in things that build nothing within us. In our Bible studies, people wander off talking about things and discussing things that cannot bring us to faith in the Lord or an understanding of His purpose in us.
Ezekiel 18:23 God explains that He has no pleasure in the death of the wicked but would rather have those wicked turn to Him and live. What a profound teaching from God. God wants people, all people saved. If we would look carefully at teachings such as this, it would develop within us a heart of outreach. Peter tells us in II Pet. 2:9 that the Lord wants none to perish but is being patient to see if anyone on earth really wants to be saved. Scriptures like these and a host of others express the truth about God and His desire for man, even the most of wicked.
Too many are majoring in the minor, things that don't matter. Too much teaching about numbers and 'what if's' and all sorts of things that distract us from the beauty of what God is trying to get into our hearts. There is a lot of intellect in our approach to God and not enough faith. We need faith and faith in God's truth. That's a faith that confronts us with God, seeing His Divine nature and helping us change our hearts into the conformity of His Son.
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Do we not do the same thing wtih our lives?
Major in a worldly life and minor in eternal life? Of course, we do not see it that way.
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