Insightful Musings on the Scriptures

by

Raymond P. Sparre
Northwest University class of '67

Hello there, dear ones.

Becki has left me. For the day, that is. She is traveling with a friend to a Brain Injury Conference in Seattle…with plans to return this evening late. I need to be off and running to tie up some loose business ends. Before leaving, I need to gather and box a bunch of sawmill blades to be delivered to WoodMizer ReSharp in Wood Village. Along the way I’ll stop to inspect some logs I’ll probably be buying…then pay for repairs to our old dump truck…etc.

May your day be blessed. Love, Dad/Ray.

In a world that is riddled and splintered by an overwhelming spectrum of man’s perspectives, opinions, and choices, I‘m finding this reminder very encouraging—“There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge (condemn) your neighbor?”

If these words are true, the One who has the last word concerning every issue, the final decision to every controversy, the absolute answer to every question, the complete solution to every mystery, is also the One who determines final destiny—like ETERNAL DESTINY! Perhaps the last part of that verse could be appropriately paraphrased something like this: “Based on these facts, who in the world do you think you are to use yourself as the standard of measurement and pose as one capable and qualified to pass right judgments on other people when you are so flawed at making right judgments about yourself?!”

Think about it. And as you do, please agree with me that it makes a lot of sense to diligently seek this Sovereign Lawgiver and Judge, and to know something about His laws and standards for judgment. I may be kind of biased here, but I think you need look no further than your Bible. Of course you must decide for yourself, but I have decided that this body of inspired writing represents a source of authority that trumps all other human opinions (…even if there may be a lot of human opinions about its authority and authenticity). I’ll cite only one promised benefit of this pursuit: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (right relationship with the “one Lawgiver and Judge”), for they will be filled (satisfied, eternally blessed)” (Matthew 5:6).