Heralds Digest

  “ For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord? God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him. O Lord God of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O Lord? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. ” Psalms 89 : 6 - 8 NKJV It is always true that much familiarity and unpleasant romance with the activities of mighty men do readily destroy the confidence of believers in the excellency of the Almighty God. Consequently, we abrogate our hope and faith in God’s promises in the face of problems and wilderness experiences, thinking where is the love of God in the midst of these compelling looseness? Whereas, believers’ unpleasant exchanges are the best theatre for the unveiling of God’s excelling exploits…the compelling callout into divine fellowship through groaning. And with the psalmist, these endless callouts with rhetorical questions around looseness and failure ...

  “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” Romans 8 : 14 NKJV Literally, it is understandable to expect that the opposite of sons of God is enemies of God. However, scripturally, there are categories in the opposite of sons of God, including spectators of God, stubborns of God, and sinister of God. The only yardstick that distinguishes sons of God from these categories of opposites is the outright leading of the Spirit of God. Unfortunately, spectators of God are readily present in the assemblies of God’s people and consistently open to the discharge of God’s words and commandments; but they are sometimes painfully deprived of the grace to stay under the leading of the Spirit of God. And while the stubborns of God and the sinister of God share the common denominator of scorning the leading of the Spirit of God, the stubborns are proudly deprived of the spirit-leading grace and the sinister of God are purposefully deprived. Whereas, sons of God are co...