Learning to trust

Jesus tells us that security is best understood as a trust relationship and not a theological concept. Understanding theology only brings us to the point of belief. Knowing Jesus takes us over that line of belief to the crux of the issue, which is not whether we can lose security, but whether God can lose control of his universe. Corrie ten Boom learned the distinction between the two in the crucible of a concentration camp. And she learned to rest in that trust.
Is your security defined by what you possess, or who possesses you?

Corrie Ten Boom

“Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.”

Do unto others

Everyone can quote the Golden Rule — “Do to others as you would have them do to you” (Luke 6:31 NIV).

Self-sacrifice is soon replaced by self-gain.

Much like Moses’ experience at Mt. Sinai in Exodus 32, people begin to look elsewhere for their significance and security when God’s presence leaves the camp. Without leadership based on God’s moral law, many of us will clamor for gods that are fashioned to fit our lifestyles and cravings.

Ironically, we’ve replaced the golden rule for a golden calf. We often look to worship the created rather than the Creator.

Ultimately, with no moral constraint or concern for others, chaos ensues. Society crumbles under the weight of its sin.

King David tells us in Psalm 115 that those who seek to replace God with an idol (literal or figurative) will ultimately be like them—hollow, hard, and unbending.

Ultimately, we wind up worshipping ourselves. 

Idols

Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. Psalm 115:8 NIV https://psalm.bible/psalm-115-8

No condemnation

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:17 NIV https://bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.17.NIV

Righteousness without tears?

It has been said that righteousness without tears is arrogance. I’m afraid the world has seen too much of our righteousness and not our tears of compassion.

Conviction

It is he who convicts (John 16:7-11). Note it says he convicts, not condemns. Neither Jesus nor the Holy Spirit condemns people. Conviction does not leave love out of the equation, whereas condemnation leaves no room for love. Conviction is born of love; condemnation from a lack of love and compassion.