Thursday; January 22
Are we afraid that the Lord’s church is going to become extinct? If we aren’t careful, we can get sucked into some human reasoning that evil is going to overwhelm good to the point that God’s people are going to go away. Now, while we might be able to make a logical argument for a bleak future, the truth of the matter is that just as sure as God is eternal, His people will always have a presence in His world. No, there will never be a time when His church will die away. Jesus made this promise to His early disciples when He established His church in the First Century, but we even get a glimpse of this promise even as far back as the time of David. The Psalmist noted, “For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting and His faithfulness to all generations.” (Psalm 100:5). While I can’t say that this verse directly predicts the establishment and perpetual nature of His church, I believe it can give us hope that God’s people will continue as long...