Hebrews 13:8-9
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Do not
be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods
which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
Scripture tells us here, what we will also see
in John 1. Jesus is eternally the
same. Because of that, we don’t want to
be chasing the latest fads in our thinking about Him. Such fads reflect the world and the times
more than the truth of who Jesus is.
One way fads show up for us is in our
food. New recipes, diets,
ingredients. Now, as with science, there
are things we have learned that we didn’t know 800 years ago, and it’s a good
thing. So stay on top of good nutrition
for your family, by all means. But how
is your heart established? Heb 13:9 says
by grace. By grace. When it goes on to say not by foods, it is
talking mainly about the temple sacrifices you would eat. Aren’t you misapplying the text, then,
preacher, you might ask? No, this is a
how much more argument. If God doesn’t
want believers occupied anymore with ritual food laws He actually wrote into
the Bible, how much more does He not want us distracted from the Eternal Lord
Jesus by fads and foods not mentioned in the Bible at all?
Lots of things call for our attention today,
many of them good, some of them harmless fun.
But the advertisement usually wants you setting your heart on their
product. Will a political election establish our nation one way or another?
Not without the grace of God moving hearts first.
Establish your heart by grace, by the eternal
Jesus Christ.
7/24/16
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