When I say that you must know Christ is God Almighty, I am obviously not talking about an intellectual, doctrinal knowing. I am talking about an experiential knowing. This knowing comes by faith, which is a gift, and is not something you can attain by emulation or any other means. If you have this faith and believe – meaning you are fully dependent in all you are and do on God through the Lord Jesus Christ - you will not perish in your sins. Christ will save you. (Indeed, that you have faith is a token of His salvation already in process.) You will learn the difference between spirit and flesh, life and death, light and darkness, God’s righteousness and self-righteousness. Until you are born again, you have only darkness within. When the true Light has begun to shine {on your heart}, you will know by faith who and what you are, because in the Light of Christ you will see. That is why we are sent to preach Him, the Light of all men, and not the emulation of Him, or any other thing, though we establish and uphold His Law as the reflection of His true Essence and Nature.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:51:14 +0000
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