…the Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself for me. —Galatians 2:20
We should battle through our moods, feelings,
and emotions into absolute devotion to the Lord Jesus. We must break out of our
own little world of experience into abandoned devotion to Him. Think who the
New Testament says Jesus Christ is, and then think of the despicable meagerness
of the miserable faith we exhibit by saying, “I haven’t had this experience or
that experience”! Think what faith in Jesus Christ claims and provides— He can
present us faultless before the throne of God, inexpressibly pure, absolutely
righteous, and profoundly justified. Stand in absolute adoring faith “in Christ
Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God— and righteousness and sanctification
and redemption…” (1 Corinthians 1:30). How dare we talk of making a sacrifice
for the Son of God! We are saved from hell and total destruction, and then we
talk about making sacrifices!
We must continually focus and firmly place our
faith in Jesus Christ— not a “prayer meeting” Jesus Christ, or a “book” Jesus
Christ, but the New Testament Jesus Christ, who is God Incarnate, and who ought
to strike us dead at His feet. Our faith must be in the One from whom our
salvation springs. Jesus Christ wants our absolute, unrestrained devotion to
Himself. We can never experience Jesus Christ, or selfishly bind Him
in the confines of our own hearts. Our faith must be built on strong determined
confidence in Him.
It is because of our trusting in experience
that we see the steadfast impatience of the Holy Spirit against unbelief. All
of our fears are sinful, and we create our own fears by refusing to nourish
ourselves in our faith. How can anyone who is identified with Jesus Christ
suffer from doubt or fear! Our lives should be an absolute hymn of praise
resulting from perfect, irrepressible, triumphant belief.
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