2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 14
Romans 8:37
Galatians 3:1-3
“Are ye so foolish?...”
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We go to Christ for forgiveness, and then too often look to the law for power to fight our sins. Paul thus rebukes us in Galatians 3:1-3.
Take your sins to Christ’s cross, for the old man can only be crucified there: we are crucified with Him.
The only weapon to fight sin with is the spear which pierced the side of Jesus. To give an illustration: you want to overcome an angry temper; what do you do? It is very possible you have never tried the right way of going to Jesus with it.
How did I get salvation? I came to Jesus just as I was, and I trusted Him to save me. I must kill my angry temper in the same way. It is the only way in which I can ever kill it. I must go to the cross with it, and say to Jesus, “Lord, I trust Thee to deliver me from it.” This is the only way to give it a death-blow.
Are you covetous? Do you feel the world entangle you? You may struggle against this evil so long as you please, but if it be your besetting sin, you will never be delivered from it in any way but by the blood of Jesus. Take it to Christ. Tell Him, “Lord, I have trusted Thee, and Thy name is Jesus, for Thou dost save Thy people from their sins. Lord, this is one of my sins; save me from it!”
Ordinances are nothing without Christ as a means of mortification. You must be conquerors through Him who hath loved you.
THOUGHT: Why am I still fighting a losing battle against my sins?
PRAYER: Father, may I come to Thee continually with my every weakness, my every sin, big or small, that with Christ I may be more than conquerors over them, that I may grow in sanctification thereby magnifying the name of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.