DIVINE APPROVAL

DAILY GRACE
WED. 8TH JUNE, 2016
TOPIC: DIVINE APPROVAL
TEXT:  JOHN 12: 43

Welcome to new day, you will not miss divine approval for all your heart desires for this year in the name of Jesus Christ
Divine approval is very important for everyone because it's eternal, permanent and everlasting.
This can also be referred to as praise of God,  is not fickle and short lived.
From the above text, you will observe that the Jewish leaders cherished human praise than the praise of God.
 They did not confess Christ. There is cause to question the sincerity of that faith which is either afraid or ashamed to show itself, for those who believe with the heart ought to confess with the mouth, Rom. 10:9.
People often fail to confess, speak, and say the truth when they love the praise of men more than praise of God.
 What they feared: being put out of the synagogue, which they thought would be a disgrace and damage to them, as if it would do them any harm to be expelled from a synagogue of Satan.
  What was at the  bottom of this fear? They loved the praise of men, chose it as a more valuable good, and pursued it as a more desirable end, than the praise of God. l perceive this as an implicit idolatry, like that (Rom. 1:25) of worshipping and serving the creature more than the Creator. They set these two in the scale one against the other, and, having weighed them, they proceeded accordingly.

(1.) They set the praise of men in one scale, and considered how good it was to give praise to men, and to pay a deference to the opinion of the Pharisees, and receive praise from men, to be commended by the chief priests and applauded by the people as good sons of the church, the Jewish church and they would not confess Truth-Christ, lest they should thereby derogate from the reputation of the Pharisees, and forfeit their own. And, besides, the followers of Christ were put into an ill name, and were looked upon with contempt, which those who had been used to honour could not bear. Yet, perhaps if they had known one another’s minds they would have had more courage; but each one thought that if he should declare himself in favour of Christ he would stand alone, and have nobody to back him, whereas, if any one had had resolution to break the ice, he would have had more seconds than he thought of.                  
(2.) They put the praise of God in the other scale. They were sensible that by confessing Christ they should both give praise to God, and have praise from God, that he would be pleased with them, and say, well done but, they gave the preference to the praise of men, and this turned the scale. Sense prevailed above faith, and represented it as more desirable to stand right in the opinion of the Pharisees than to be accepted of God.
Friends, love of the praise of men is a very great prejudice to the power and practice  of godliness. Many come short of the glory of God today by having a regard to the approval or applause of men at the expense of divine approval.
Love of the praise of men, as a by-end in that which is good, will make a man an hypocrite.
Love of the praise of men, as a base principle for many today is evil, and will make a man an apostate (Rom. 2:29). Enjoy your day!

Personal Confession: Father, help my heart to value the praise of God more than the praise of men in Jesus name.
                       
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