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As most of you know, I am currently
in law school. If the Lord tarries, we will be able to offer
free legal services to the missionaries we support.
One of the most interesting thing
I have learned in my studies is that the law is really black
and white. In fact, though the classes in law school are to train
the lawyer to think in a certain manner, the bar exam is about
what is called "black letter law" That means the absoluteness
of the statutes.
God's law is like that. How interesting
it is that there are so many experts on zillions of things, and
every doctoral dissertation must be based on an original topic
on which the writer is an expert Yet, most of the people who
flaunt qualifications to talk about God's law have gotten their
information second hand.
I love good Bible scholarship,
and I can remember years of hearing my father practice his Greek
in the night. My dad was a Hebrew and Greek scholar, and he loved
God's Word. He graduated from Multnomah School of the Bible,
Northwestern School of the Bible, and Trinity Seminary as well
as two other colleges (he had five college degrees). But my most
vivid memories of my father are not those of his great intellect,
or of his brilliant preaching. They are the memories of his much
prayer. They are the memories of his tears over the sins and
plights of others. They are the memories of a deep and gracious
man who loved the Lord with his whole heart, and who knew that
God meant what He said.
He was not a man motivated by the
intellectual findings of others, but a man who spent time with
His Lord, and knew Him well enough to know that He is a clear
and definite God.
Maybe you know some born again
Christians. Maybe they are real jerks. But just maybe they are
tugging at you because they know something you don't - that God's
Law is "black letter law", and you must answer for
you response or your non-response.
Call on Jesus now - you have absolutely
nothing to lose. If He isn't listening, who will ever know? And
if He is who we say He is, you will someday stand securely before
the loving Judge.
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