“I’m with you at all times, even to the tip of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, and presents hope and a loving assurance — however in a tense, fraught age, does it nonetheless maintain its worth?
One religion chief says “sure.”
In a world stuffed with tragedy, disappointment and uncertainty, God is a continuing, an Alabama pastor emphasizes.
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“We stay in a world with an abundance of query marks,” Rev. Edward B. Robinson, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Repton, Alabama, instructed Fox Information Digital through e mail final yr.
The world appears to be rife with “the worst of tragedies for which there appear to be no resolutions, crimes for which there appear to be no diploma of justice, and sicknesses for which there appear to be no therapeutic,” he additionally mentioned.
Reverend Edward Robinson of Repton, Alabama, instructed Fox Information Digital that the New Testomony, with the arrival of Jesus Christ, is “the second that God ordained earlier than the inspiration of the world.” (Reverend Edward Robinson/iStock)
An individual studying scripture might “get misplaced within the shuffle of evil,” mentioned Robinson — citing the tales of Adam and Eve’s disobedience, the flood in Noah and the Ark, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the adulterous relationship between David and Bathsheba.
“It’s fairly a multitude,” Robinson mentioned. “There are lots of ‘whys.’ There are lots of, ‘I don’t perceive’ moments.”
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The New Testomony, with the arrival of Jesus Christ, is “the second that God ordained earlier than the inspiration of the world,” he mentioned.
Rev. Robinson mentioned he is seen hurting folks casting about for safety and peace — however the reply is present in Christ. (iStock)
However the sweetness related to the beginning of Jesus is juxtaposed with one other act of evil: Herod’s bloodbath of harmless infants in an effort to kill Child Jesus, he mentioned.
“Then we begin seeing some rugged moments unfold with Jesus and his ministry as he encounters Pharisees and tax collectors and people who are demon-possessed and people who are within the midst of adulterous relationships,” he mentioned.
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“We see Jesus encountering betrayals and denials and cowardly disciples.”
“For many who are blessed to be within the physique of Christ, we’re not orphans left to fend for ourselves.”
This culminated within the dying of Christ on the cross — one thing that “ought to have ended all of it,” mentioned Robinson.
The dying of Jesus Christ “ought to have ended all of it” — however Christ defeated dying along with his resurrection, mentioned Rev. Robinson of Alabama. (iStock)
“Nevertheless it didn’t,” he continued. “For with the crucifixion got here the resurrection. And with the resurrection, there would in the end come the ascension. And previous to the ascension, there was the Nice Fee, wherein the Lord gave his disciples the command to enter the world and make disciples of all nations.”
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The Nice Fee was undergirded with the promise of, “Lo, I’m with you at all times, even till the tip of the age,” mentioned Robinson.
In over three many years as a minister, Robinson famous that “the widespread thread that I see woven all through the hearts of injuring folks is that they’re on the lookout for one thing to which they’ll cling for safety.”
An Alabama-based religion chief mentioned he is seen many individuals seek for worldly issues to assist their damage, however worldly issues all fall away, in contrast to Christ. (AP)
“The world presents a myriad of choices to fill that position of safety and luxury and peace,” he mentioned.
These worldly issues, nevertheless, should not everlasting — in contrast to the promise of Jesus Christ to his disciples, he underscored.
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“For many who are blessed to be within the physique of Christ, we’re not orphans left to fend for ourselves,” mentioned Robinson.
Present above, Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jesus Christ ensured that his followers would by no means be spiritually orphaned, mentioned Rev. Edward B. Robinson. (iStock)
“For by way of the facility of the Holy Spirit, our Lord is with us, to stay inside us and to work inside us in order that we may be about our Father’s enterprise.”
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It’s this “devoted and unending presence of Christ” that allows folks to do what God referred to as humanity to do, he mentioned.
“We’re empowered by our ever-present shepherd to be concerning the work of his kingdom — to know him, to make him recognized and to get pleasure from him without end.”
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