Sunday, January 04, 2009

Two Manner of People

Genesis 25:23 KJV
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Any parent of multiple children is aware that those children are "different manner of people."
Some are sensitive and easily hurt.
Others are stubborn and hard willed.
Some are active and chose athletic activities.
Others are more intellectual and choose activities that require more brain than brawn.

And the parent soon learns that these differences have little to do with how a child is raised.

But this text indicates something more profound than these this is a spiritual difference between the two. One will seek the Lord and the other will not.

I am reminded that, in this world, there are people who have a bent toward the spiritual and others who are more prone to worldliness. Even among those who have a spiritual bent, there are many, if not most, who pursue a type of spirituality that is away from Christ, and even among those who seem less likely to turn to the things of the Lord there are those who come to Jesus Christ.

My task is to faithfully proclaim the truth of God's Word and to trust the Lord do His will in the lives of people from there.

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