God Wants You To Get It

 

I’m Duane Matz and welcome to Today’s Living Word.

 

God really wants us to “get it” He teaches us of His justice, His mercy, and His goodness, His love  through nature, life’s circumstances and most importantly through His Word and Sacraments. It really is His desire  that all should come to repentance”.(2 Pet 3;9)

Not one word of the Holy Scriptures is wasted in that regard. 2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

Yes, ALL Scripture, even Genesis chapter 5. It’s one of those seemingly boring chapters on genealogy, following the line of Christ from Adam to Noah, but a closer look at the names of those involved tell a different story.

 

The name Adam means man.

Seth – appointed

Enos – mortal

Cainan – sorrow

Mahalaleal- the blessed God

Jared – shall descend

Enoch – initiate

Methusaleh – man of a dart

Lamech – lament, despairing,

Noah – rest

 

Put them together and you have, “Man is appointed to mortal (deadly)  sorrow on this earth, but the blessed God shall descend and initiate the dart (the arrow of the penetrating gospel)

That will give the despairing rest.

 

My friend, God really wants you and I to get it!

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word