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There is something about a simple graveside service on a Monday morning, in the shade.

Like most things in the Christian life our lack of desire to attend these kinds of events is a heart issue.

God doesn’t always give us such a clear note, and our deafness and blindness to what took place has lead us down some terrible paths, many of which were created when we did not prosecute the war in the way that it needed to be.

The other way the devil works is by softening the law and hiding the gospel. He tells you that a comforting idea of your goodness is sufficient to get to Heaven.

How Catechisms Are Designed to Be Used and Why They Are a Blessing

It got me thinking about how Christian Hospitality is one of those aspects which grow out of the good news of Jesus Christ that we don’t probably spend as much time contemplating and pursuing in our desire for spiritual maturity as we should.

Similarly, we who have inherited a blessing at Bethany are to understand that we are stewards of this blessing, not to hide it within ourselves, nor to think it belongs to us.

Remembering that we are adopted into the family of God for the simple reason that the Father made a promise with the Son for our redemption changes how we think about the manner in which our minds are blessed through knowing how that all works.

Saul does the latter when he throws up a sacrifice because he thinks that is what God wants.