I Am Persuaded!
What are you persuaded about? The following verse was something that Paul the apostle was persuaded about and so am I.
Rom 14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
He said, "I KNOW". What did he mean here when he said "I Know"?
KNOW: From the same root as eidon, "to see," is a perfect tense with a present meaning, signifying, primarily, "to have seen or perceived"; hence, "to know, to have knowledge of," whether absolutely, as in divine knowledge: suggests fullness of knowledge.
Paul literally saw this knowledge. It was alive, real, & powerful. This knowing is something that happens to us when we give up ALL desire to be righteous on our own. When we realize our pathetic attempts to be clean is an exercise in futilitly then and only then can God show us, let us see, that we have always been clean.
He also said, "I AM PERSUADED". What was he persuaded of?
He was persuaded by Jesus Christ THAT THERE IS NOTHING UNCLEAN OF ITSELF. WOW, what a statement. We have been saying on this site that we are all perfect in Christ, not because of our own attempts but because God says we are. WE KNOW IT, WE ARE PERSUADED, JUST LIKE PAUL WAS.
Unfortunately there are many that do not see God’s creation as CLEAN. To those unfortunate souls life is filled with the UNCLEAN and their very lives reflect that lie in how they treat others. I feel so sorry for them and most of them are in church every Sunday. They are taught to judge those that aren’t like them even though God says he has accepted ALL in Christ and that NOTHING is UNCLEAN. Thank God that Christ is LORD, both of the living and the dead. Wow, where can we go that he will not be there for us. WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS!
Rom 14:7-9 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Start this day KNOWING & BEING PERSUADED that every person you meet is PERFECT. Treat them that way even if they don’t see themselves that way. You might just be shocked at how they will change before your very eyes. I’m so glad Jesus looked at me that way.
PEACE TO ALL. THANK YOU LORD JESUS.
It can be EXTREMELY difficult to accept another human being as perfection in the eyes of God when that person is what I perceive to be mean and judgemental, but I want to be persuaded. I want desperately to love others unconditionally because it feels right and it is what I need done for me as I go through my journeys in life.
I do learn a great deal when I am faced with someone who tests me. The one thing I try to think about when I am being tested is that this person who I think is a test to me may feel that I am a test to them? So, the best thing I can do is be myself and do unto others as you would have them do unto you. IT CAN BE REALLY HARD and usually it takes a couple of conversations with others who I trust will help guide me, but at the end of the day I feel more revived and open minded to try it again the next day.
Good question.
I have been aware in my recent revelation of a greater hope that I was persuaded of an inclusive God but its taken many months (even years) of study and thinking and meditation, of leaning and unlearning, to verify that. I say so having just finished FW Farrars great 1887 work “On mercy and Judgement”. (or something to that effect); now there is an epic work of persuasion.
Thanks Nic. I will check that out.
So True!!
cliff thankyou for these words of grace when you said,I’m so glad Jesus looked at me that way.
Yes cliff and everyone for whom he tasted of death for,Heb2v9.
Thank God I know, and am persuaded his persude of the entire human race is over he found us and has made his abode with us forever.Let us continue to show others that we have been fully persuaded of his great love for all in christ.
kenneth
Kenneth, It is so good to have you back. Hope you enjoyed your time away and thanks so much for your words of grace and piece.
Thanks cliff, good to be back to the goodnews site.
kenneth.