Faith in Christ is different to any other kind of faith. It is not found in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, the word used means believing into Christ, suggesting movement. Faith IN Christ means moving close to Him in trustful love. It is an embrace. This kind of loving embrace between man and his Maker comes only through Christ. Nobody in the Old Testament days could think of such a thing. God was Spirit, another kind of Being, too awesome to be approached except with fear and trembling. Yet one inspired book in the Old Testament Scriptures touches the heart of a new experience - the Song of Songs, a lyric of love that gathers up all its words of supreme love in one phrase, I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine (Song of Songs 6:3). This was an attitude towards God that nobody understood, until Jesus Christ came. Faced with His reality, ordinary people in the Gospel suddenly knew He was the Savior, a swift revelation followed by complete commitment. No longer was faith for the rare individual, as in the Old Testament. Somehow, Calvary does what the awesome manifestations of Sinai couldn’t do. Jesus is the great faith-creator. He said Himself, “No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). He doesn’t point to a way. Christ IS the way. God bless you. ~REINHARD BONNKE~
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 23:49:31 +0000