Matt 26:59-60
The law is a funny thing. It surrounds us, it constrains us, it protects us. But at the same time it condemns us. Laws are enacted by governments, yet they themselves selectively enforce only the laws they agree with. One recent political pundit commented that our own government has become “lawless.” It gives new meaning to Jesus words in Matthew 24:
And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold ... Matt 24:12
This scripture also helps me to better understand the error of the Jewish religious leaders on that night, two thousand years ago, when they broke many of their own laws in order to condemn Jesus Christ to death. Like our own government, the Jewish leaders had written a set of laws, based on God’s law. Those laws were supposed to guide the process of administering justice when a person was accused of wrongdoing. But on that night those laws got in the way of their personal agenda to get rid of this man, Jesus, so they simply broke them.
But before we judge them too harshly, we must ask ourselves: What is my response when Gods law interferes with my agenda? What happens when there is something that I want, some agenda that I have, and in order to get what I want I must break one of Gods laws. What choice do I make in that situation? Good question. I’ll leave you to determine your own answer.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.
Ps 1:1-3Till the whole world hears...
Pastor Clay
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