Paul
the apostle asked the believers in Rome, “But
why do you judge your brother? or why do you set at nought your
brother?”,
and he added the reason, “for
we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.” In
chapter
fourteen and verse eleven of Romans,
Paul asked the believers in Rome, “every
knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God” where
we read:
For
it is written, As
I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and
every tongue shall confess to God.
The
verse begins, “For
it is written, As
I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,” Paul
began with the word, “for”
which means “even as, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, verily and
therefore” “it
is written”
or “to delineate or form with letters on a tablet, parchment, paper
or other material”, “as
I live”
which means
“as
Paul breathed, was among the living, was active, blessed and endless
in the kingdom of God” “says
the Lord”
which means “declares, utters and proclaims he to whom a person or
thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master and the
title given to God the Messiah”,
“every knee”
or “each, all, the whole and everyone of people's physical knee”
“shall
bow to me”
which refers to “will bend and honor the Lord. Paul shared how the
Lord Himself declared how “every
knee”
would “bend” to Him in honor.
The
verse continues, “and
every tongue shall confess to God.” Paul
added the words, “and
every tongue” which
means “and each, all, the whole and everyone of people's physical
tongues”
“shall
confess”
or “will profess, celebrate and acknowledge openly and joyfully”
“to
God”
which means “to the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised
of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit”.
Paul shared how the Lord also declared that every person will use
their “tongues”
to “profess and openly acknowledge” God.
When
we think through these words of Paul, we see how every person
eventually shall acknowledge God through their “bent knees”
and their “confessing tongues”. Regardless of whether a
person receives Jesus Christ as their “Savior and Lord” while on
earth, they shall “bow their knee” and “acknowledge”
Him with their “tongues”. God gives every person the
opportunity to recognize Him as “Lord and Savior”, and through
His Son Jesus He has offered “salvation” to the world. Those who
humble themselves and acknowledge Him while they are living shall be
“saved”, but those who reject Him shall certainly “honor and
acknowledge” Him one day in their future. “Today is the day of
salvation”. (2 Corinthians 6:2)
Next
time
Paul tells the believers in Rome, “every
one of us shall give account of himself to God”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
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