Dear Friends -
How much thankfulness ought we to express to our great God and Savior, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Jesus Christ! This time has been an especially poignant Thanksgiving season for me because of the events with my son following on his medical emergency, and his return to my home.
One of the many spiritual blessings we share together is the fellowship of the saints at Clarkson Community Church, as we devote ourselves to the Apostle's teaching, breaking of bread, and prayer. As we learn together in God's word, we are reminded that we are a group of pilgrims travelling together to a celestial city from God, where we will dwell together in perfect harmony, love, and joy, and will glory in the unsearchable riches of Christ.
This week, in our Sunday School class, we will dive back into our current Bible passage in Hebrews 4:1-13 and continue wrestling with this rather difficult text. Some of our small groups will need a bit more time to finish their presentations from this text, so the rest of us will begin immersing ourselves in it. Our goal will be to try to enter the author's mind and to think his thoughts after him. After all, they are the thoughts placed there by the inspiring Spirit of God, and we are seeking to understand them.
Immersing oneself into a text can become a messy endeavor. We might end up with unexpected results.
This fellow was certainly immersed in his work!
As we study the text carefully, we will see that it contains a most remarkable chronology as well as some very sobering statements. I am looking forward to digging in with you.
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