Prerogatives
02/07/06 15:14
Do
you know what I think is really amazing? People! Yes,
I think that we are a pretty amazing bunch. From the
least of us to the greatest, we all have this certain
“area” that we shall forever govern for
ourselves. It is in this “area” that we
decide what we will believe is true and what we will
deem as false. This is our God given prerogative. But
because we are fallen and weak in our natural selves,
our prerogative is also fallen and weak. What is
meant by fallen is simply that when God created man,
he naturally trusted and obeyed God but then chose to
disobey or “fall”. Since man chose to
disobey God (and this was his prerogative) he fell
from the perfect Way of God and chose his own
perverted way. So, what does all this mean? It means
that even if I choose to believe something as being
right, it is possible that what I think is right
–could actually be wrong! Confused? Let me
illustrate this way: Let’s say I believe in God
(this is my prerogative) but I don’t believe in
the Christian doctrine of Jesus Christ (also my
prerogative). How can I know that what I’ve
chosen to believe is absolutely true? Or is this just
wishful thinking from my fallen nature and perverted
prerogative; being fooled about what I believe is
true? And because I have deceived myself into
thinking what I believe is true –who is there
to help me out of my deception? Sad to say, even
Christians can come under this kind of deception;
case in point, the acceptance of homosexual clergy
(or for that matter, homosexual behavior) within the
Christian world. The problem really isn’t the
practice of homosexuality within the Church. No, the
real problem lies within the first decision to
choose, with our God given right, a way other than
God’s Way. Our first parents did it and we are
still doing it today. God gave us freedom to choose,
this is our right. But we should make sure we are
using this prerogative in the freedom that
God’s Word gives and not in the self-deceiving
nature of our fallen thinking. Who is there to help
me out of my deception? Only He who is the Way. Only
He who is the Truth. Jesus said, “If you hold
to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you
will know the truth and the truth will set you
free…so if the Son sets you free, you will be
free indeed!” The end of the matter is this: I
don’t want to trust my decision making to
myself. My prerogative is to let God show me what is
right and true. I don’t want to rely on my
limited knowledge and experience but rather His
perfect Way.
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