WE DON’T GET WHAT WE DESERVE

READING: LUKE 9:51-56

Verse 56: “For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them...”

Joshua 7:1 tells us that a man named Achan committed a trespass by taking of the accursed things. These were items that had been designated for total destruction. Achan then attempted to conceal his theft. Prior to this, God had established that anyone taking accursed things, would themselves become accursed. Although Achan successfully concealed his theft from other people, he could not hide it  from the Lord. Achan therefore became accursed and personally marked for destruction, along with what he had taken. The Lord exposed him and his execution is recorded in Joshua 7:25. When Christians sin, we take of accursed things. God knows our sin and we deserve destruction, but we are not  executed. Our experiences differ from Achan’s, not because we are any better than he was, but  because the Lord Jesus has saved us. Luke 9:56, as above, captures this perfectly. He has saved us! That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. Are there any accursed things around you of which you must take care?

2. Accursed things were marked for destruction. These days, how can accursed things be destroyed.