{"id":883,"date":"2020-05-31T15:54:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T20:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=883"},"modified":"2020-05-31T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T20:54:21","slug":"the-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/31\/the-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cAnd as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment\u201d<\/strong>
Hebrews 9:27<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever had an appointment that changed the course of\nyour life? What about a missed opportunity that you can never go back to\ncorrect? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One cannot help but remember an event that took place in the\nBible. Jesus had been teaching the people when a young man came to Him with a\nquestion. \u201cAnd when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and\nkneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit\neternal life?<\/strong>\u201d (Mark 10:17). This is an important question for\neach person to ask. He had the right question. Read Jesus\u2019 reply, \u201c And\nJesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is<\/em> none good but\none, that is,<\/em> God<\/strong>\u201d (Mark 10:18). Jesus was making a point.\nThe man recognized Jesus as a great man and a good teacher, but he had not\nacknowledged that Jesus was God. That makes all of the difference! Jesus asked\nthis young man about the commandments (for people understood that God expects\npeople to obey His commands). Jesus began to list from the Ten Commandments. \u201cThou\nknowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do\nnot bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother<\/strong>\u201d\n(Mark 10:19). Each of these has to\ndo with an outward duty as opposed to a change of an inward nature. They deal\nwith people\u2019s relationship with one another. Do you notice what is missing? The\nfirst four of the Ten Commandments that have to do with one\u2019s relationship with\nGod are missing. After Jesus had listed the final six of the Ten Commandments,\nsee the young man\u2019s response, \u201cAnd he answered and said unto him, Master,\nall these have I observed from my youth<\/strong>\u201d (Mark 10:20). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we come to the heart of the matter \u2013 a time of decision.\nNotice that Jesus loved him, but would this young man follow Jesus\u2019\nrequirement? \u201cThen Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou\nlackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou\nshalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me<\/strong>\u201d\n(Mark 10:21). Did this young man truly desire eternal life? Was he willing to\ngive the temporal things this world has to offer in exchange for a life\npleasing God and eternity with Him? Would he continue as he was, or would he\nchoose Jesus? Read his response. \u201cAnd he was sad at that saying, and went\naway grieved: for he had great possessions<\/strong>\u201d (Mark 10:22). He was sad, yet he just went away\ngrieved. He was not willing to part with his possessions for a relationship\nwith Jesus. Read what Jesus had previously warned: \u201cNo man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love\nthe other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot\nserve God and mammon<\/strong>\u201d (Matthew 6:24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This young man had not understood a very important thing: \u201c24. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to\nbring us<\/em> unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25. But after\nthat faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster<\/strong>\u201d (Galatians 3:24-25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember: \u201cAnd as it is appointed unto men once to\ndie, but after this the judgment<\/strong>\u201d (Hebrews 9:27). This young man would be judged according to the\ndecision he made concerning Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you live under a schoolmaster? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or have you been justified by faith in Jesus? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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