‘Jesus is saying, “If
you are My disciple, you must be right not only in your actions, but also in
your motives, your aspirations, and in the deep recesses of the thoughts of
your mind.” Your motives must be so pure that God Almighty can see nothing to
rebuke. Who can stand in the eternal light of God and have nothing for Him to
rebuke? Only the Son of God, and Jesus Christ claims that through His
redemption He can place within anyone
His own nature and make that person as pure and as simple as a child. The purity that God demands is impossible
unless I can be remade within, and that is exactly what Jesus has undertaken
to do through His redemption. No one can make himself pure by obeying laws. Jesus Christ does not give us rules and
regulations— He gives us His teachings which are truths that can only be
interpreted by His nature which He places within us. The great wonder of
Jesus Christ’s salvation is that He
changes our heredity. He does not change human nature— He changes its
source, and thereby its motives as well.’ CHAMBERS
Living our life in Christ is not dependent upon
our ability to be good .. or even to think good thoughts .. but is a result of
Christ in us. I was blind but now I see …
(John
9:25) It is because of Jesus that we have this new life. Jesus said it is not the outside of the cup
that makes it unclean. (Matt
23: 24-26) He starts with the heart.
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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