February
26
There is one God and one
Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 2:5)
God's answer to
everything, God's explanation of everything, and God's means of realizing
everything is a Man, "the man Christ Jesus." When this world has run
its evil course, this inhabited earth will be judged in a Man.
Men will be judged by what their inward relationship is to that Man. The
question at the judgment will never be of how much good or bad, right or wrong,
more or less, is in a man; it will turn upon this one point, "Are you in
Christ?" If not, more or less makes no difference. God's intention, God's
proclamation is that all things are in His Son. Are you in Him? Why not? The
basis of judgment is very simple. It is all gathered up in a Man, and what is
in that Man of God for us. That is the basis of judgment. It all comes back to
the very simple, and yet comprehensive and blessed truth, that it is what
Christ is that satisfies God, reaches God's end, and meets all our need. It is
all summed up in a Man, "the man Christ Jesus."
The Lord continue to
open our eyes to His glorious and Heavenly Man, Who is also the Divine Servant.
This photograph is by Jay McBride.
Great thoughts especially during the Lenten season.
ReplyDeleteHello you, you dear. I am glad you check in once in awhile. At some point I will be posting original thoughts again. Right now, I am so blown away by the writings of T. Austin-Sparks that I'm sharing him daily for a solid year. Very warm wishes from frigidaire cold Connecticut xoxo
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