For Hezekiah prayed for
them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon everyone who prepares his
heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though not according to the
purification rules of the
sanctuary.”
(II
Chronicles 30: 18b-19 NASB)
At my college there was a professor named Major
Minor. I couldn’t remember if his name
was Major Minor or Minor Major. I think
sometimes in the Church today we get these two mixed up and major on the
minors.
In our biblical reference, Hezekiah
prays for the people who had not been cleansed according to the letter of the
law, but had set their hearts to seek God.
It is possible for people to have sincere hearts but still have flaws
and weaknesses. Jesus went straight for
the heart, while seemingly ignoring some obvious flaws in their character. Jesus was not sanctioning bad behavior; He
knew it had to be addressed at the source and not the symptom. Sometimes we
promote people in our churches who are self-righteous law keepers, who just
look fine.
In verse 20 it says, so the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the
people. Hezekiah was a grace giver and according to this scriptural
reference, so is God. Grace always
triumphs over the law. Are you a grace
giver or do you major on the minors?
Ken
Barnes, the author of “The
Chicken Farm and Other Sacred Places” YWAM Publishing
Email:
kenbarnes737@gmail.com
website: https://sites.google.com/site/kenbarnesbooksite/
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