By Steven C. Lombardo
It's never too late to learn. Never too late. And especially that's true in terms of the Christian faith and growing in the Lord. And so, my friends, the challenge is to all of us, this is the time to grow. A time to be involved. A great time to be living and serving the Lord. Spurning the sins, Yearning for the things of God, His Word, and then Learning more of Him. It's good to get to know Him right now.
There is a conclusion here in verse three of our text. The conclusion is also a challenge, Spurn, Yearn, Learn: "if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord ...," The word translated kindness is literally delicious. If you have tasted how delicious the Lord is, The psalmist said in
Psalm 34:8, "Oh taste and see that the Lord is good." Taste and see and Peter says here He's delicious. He's good food for the soul. The bread of life for us.
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Vance Havner, the old preacher, used to tell the story of some boys that a man came upon in Africa during a time when diamonds were plentiful there. He discovered that they were playing marbles, but they were not playing with marbles, they were playing their game using diamonds. Could it be that we trifle with the treasures of God? We play marbles using diamonds. We trifle with the Word of God. We trifle with the holy things of God. We trifle with His treasures. Peter says, "No, no more trifling." If you've been born again, if you've really tasted of the Lord and found Him to be delicious, then you will spurn, you will yearn, and you will learn. If these commands do not characterize your life, if there isn't the spurning, the yearning, or the learning, the question then has to be asked, "Are you really saved? Have you been born anew? Have you really come to Christ and made sure that your sins have been forgiven?" If not, you can do so today right where you're at. To come to Jesus Christ in repentance. Turning from your sins, inviting Him into your life and beginning to live with Him as the Lord of your life.
To those of you who are believers, whose trust is Christ, this is the time to grow. Let's make the most of the time that God gives us.