Luke 1:77
…To give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of
their sins…
When a man fails in personal Christian
experience, it is nearly always because he has never received anything. The only sign that a man is saved is that he has
received something from Jesus Christ…I do not think it is too sweeping to say
that the majority of nominal Christians are of this order: their eyes are
opened, but they have received nothing… When a man is born-again, he knows that
it is because he has received something as a gift from Almighty God, and not
because of his decision. People register their vows and sign their pledges and
determine to go through, but none of this is salvation. Salvation means that we
are brought to the place where we are able to receive something from God on the
authority of Jesus Christ, namely, remission of sins. [My handwritten margin note: This is why Jesus
says, “You must be born-again.” Being born from above means receiving the gift
of the Holy Spirit within]…
Excerpts
from Oswald Chambers
Dali
Devotional Bible, Reading 83 (3/24)
From My Utmost for His
Highest
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