Let's all try to be big on the Ho Ho Hos today, and try to avoid the
Humbugs.. He will know we are His if we have love for one another.
Blessings,
Terry
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I N F I N I T E S U P P L Y
Saturday, December 24, 2005
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Hi Friend,
Today's meditation is taken from:
THE GIFT OF CHRIST
by Chip Brogden
http://www.watchman.net/articles/gift.html
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"It is of God that you are in Christ Jesus, Whom God has made to us wisdom,
and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption" (I Corinthians 1:30).
Have you ever seen a brother or a sister try to act sanctified? They wear
themselves and everyone else out. It is a burden to be around such a person.
That is not Christianity. Christianity is this: not that I am trying to be
wise, but that I receive the Lord Jesus as my Wisdom; not that I am trying
to be righteous, but that I receive the Lord Jesus as my Righteousness; not
that I am trying to be sanctified, but that I receive the Lord Jesus as my
Sanctification; not that I am trying to be redeemed, but that I accept the
Lord Jesus as my Redemption. Henceforth I cease trying to be anything, and
I allow Him to be Who He is through me.
We must be clear: these things are not the "reward" for years of faithful
service, or the fruit of walking with Jesus after a long period of time.
If I have Him now, then I have all that pertains to Him now. My Wisdom, my
Righteousness, my Sanctification, and my Redemption has a personality,
for He is all those things in me. It is not a question of my behavior, or
my conduct, or my feelings one way or the other - those things will come
into line soon enough - but it is all based upon this accomplished fact.
Christ is God's Gift. I repeat, we have much to praise God about!
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