Praise the Lord for a new school year. With the new school year comes the first chapel! An exciting time to gather together as the men of The Master's Seminary and sing hymns to God, hear the reading of the Word, prayer, and preaching from the Word of God.
Dr. Richard Mayhue opened this year's chapel with a very encouraging message on Matthew 16:13-23. He follows the account of Peter's confession of Jesus as the Christ. Soon after Peter's triumph he falters in rebuking the Lord when Jesus tells of His coming suffering on the cross.
Dr. Mayhue taught that Peter's downfall dealt with his failure to keep his mind on divine revelation. Peter decided to substitute what was previous revealed to him by the Father (v. 17) for human reasoning (v. 23).
The reason why there are so many who fall spiritually, morally, or in ministry is because of that very truth. Our pride can often cause us to think that human wisdom should substitute that of divine revelation.
Thank you Dr. Mayhue for reminding the seminary to keep our hearts and eyes focused on divine revelation (the Word of God) rather than on human reason. Dr. Mayhue said, "When we think differently to God's word we will live disobediently to God's will." As children of God we must remember that the Lord's wisdom far surpasses that of anything else. Our Lord's wisdom is infinitely separate from our weak human intellect (Isaiah 55:5-8), so why would we ever trade in His wisdom for ours?
Alright, just a few thoughts from our first chapel. Class has been great so far and am excited for what is in store in the coming semester!
In Christ,
Mark Pakingan
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