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JESUS CHRIST AND HIS WORD: THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SALVATION AND SERVICE
MONDAY, AUGUST 14
1 Corinthians 3:1-15
1 Corinthians 3:11
“For other foundation can
no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.”
JESUS CHRIST AND HIS WORD:
THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SALVATION AND SERVICE
Before we build a house, we should make sure that we have a firm foundation. How about the foundation of our salvation and service? First, it is the Lord Jesus Himself. And He is not a thing, but a living Person, and we must have living fellowship with Him, truly relying on Him for whatever we do. Then we have His life (1 John 5:11-12), and a living and firm foundation. Jesus means Saviour. His incarnation, His virgin birth, His death for our sins, and His resurrection for our justification secure our salvation for ever. Christ means the Anointed One. There are three anointed offices: the priestly, the kingly and the prophetic. When we say that Jesus Christ is our Anointed One, we must mean that He is our Saviour as High Priest, King of kings, and Divine Prophet.
Truly, Jesus is your Saviour and my Saviour, but how about Christ? Is He our High Priest, our only Representative before God? Thank God that Jesus is our High Priest, who has sympathy with our infirmities and through His intercession and His blood we can have fellowship with the Holy God. Is the Lord Jesus our King, the King of our hearts, our minds, and our lives? Does He have full authority and full control over our lives? If we still say, hear, read, watch, believe, or do what we like or go wherever we like regardless of His will, His Word, and His Name, He is not our King. Finally, is Jesus our Divine Prophet, the Divine Spokesman from God? If yes, then we are to be submissive to the authority of His Word completely. Do we receive and obey all His words seriously, faithfully and reverently without any doubts or questions?
THOUGHT: Only Jesus Christ and God’s Word are our firm foundation.
PRAYER: Father, help me trust and submit to Thee and Thy Word always.