TODAY IS OUR DAY

READING: LUKE 19:41-44

Verse 42: “saying, ‘If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.’”

Luke, Chapter 19 describes the triumphant entry of the Lord Jesus into Jerusalem. He wept over the city as He drew near it and spoke the words in verse 42 above. In their day they didn’t know the things that made for their peace. Also in this our day, many make choices that deny them the things that make for peace. If they would only accept the truths of God, their peace would be assured. Instead of that their decisions to not know and accept God’s truths automatically relegate them to deceptions. There have been horrid examples of this. For example, people have committed suicide because they have been deceived to believe it would lead them to a higher form of life. We know that higher form of life does exist, but only for those who are saved. Regrettably, however, those who were deceived lacked the revelation to know that it comes only through the Lord Jesus. In other words, they did not know the things that could have made for their peace. Jesus taught those things. He said, “...in Me you may have peace...” The conclusion that must be reached, is that Jesus is our peace. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. What deception can you identify that keeps people from their peace?

2. What must follow salvation for growth in the things that make for peace?