Dec
25
Written by:
Bob Flynn
12/25/2009 8:34 AM
Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. (James 4:8 NLT)
Multitudes seem to think that it is about as easy for a sinner to purify his heart (James 4:8), as it is to wash his hands; to admit the searching and flesh-withering light of Divine truth into the soul, as the morning sun into his room by pulling up the blinds; to turn from idols to God, from the world to Christ, from sin to holiness, as it is to turn a ship right round by the help of her helm. O my reader, be not deceived on this vital matter: to mortify the lusts of the flesh, to be crucified unto the world, to overcome the Devil, to die daily unto sin, and live unto righteousness, to be meek and lowly in heart, trustful and obedient, pious and patient, faithful and uncompromising, loving and gentle; in a word, to be a Christian, to be Christlike, is a task far, far beyond the poor resources of fallen human nature. (Arthur W. Pink, Studies on Saving Faith)
Blessed insurance, State Farm is mine, oh what a foretaste of actuarial time. It is a generation ignorant of the true nature of a saving faith that has emerged who have never taken the time to study the Scripture and begin to grasp the length, breadth, and depth of the character of God and His great salvation. Thus the aforementioned delusion has become endemic. But take heart! Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father! His Gospel is still the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes.
Copyright ©2009 Robert Flynn