"His Voice Today"
December 7
🔸️ Looking unto Lord Jesus Christ and let's run! 🔸️
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us" (Hebrews 12:1). The secret of Godliness is in "Christ", who revealed Himself in flesh and not in the doctrine that "Christ appeared in our flesh." 1 Timothy 3:16 makes this very clear. So we are not sanctified by the doctrine of examining and discovering His flesh, but by the individual person "He".
No self effort that we take can ever purify our sinful heart. It is God who works in us for that miraculous transformation to take place. Holiness (Eternal life) is the gift of God. It can never be achieved by our activities (Ephesians 2:8).
1 Thessalonians 5:23 makes it very clear that 'He is the one who causes His people to have perfect holiness'. None of us could say that these verses are wrong! Yet today we could see numerous believers struggling to hate themselves in order to be holy. Alas, instead of attaining holiness, they become "Pharisees"!
The true holiness mentioned in Ephesians 4:24 can only be achieved by our faith in Jesus... that is, it can be attained by "looking unto Jesus." Yes, if we are the ones looking at the doctrine only, we will eventually end up like Pharisees. Hebrews 12:2 tells us very clearly what is meant by "looking unto Jesus". First of all, we look unto Him and find that "the One who endured the Cross on this Earth every day and had been tempted in every way, just as we are, yet He did not sin" (Hebrews 4:15). He thus pioneered us, we must now follow in His footsteps and continue to run.
Secondly, we must see Him as "the One seated at the right hand of the Father." Thus He is ready to intercede for us seated at God's right hand and to help us in our trials and tribulations!!
Prayer:
Heavenly Father! We knew that doctrine could not save us. May our faith in Lord Jesus Christ and the footsteps of His life be our holiness! In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
Author:
Brother Zac Poonen
Translated version of the Tamil "Family Meditation Book".
From:-
https://t.me/hisvoicetoday
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