Only Jesus

Only Jesus

Oh how we need to daily feast at this TABLE OF GRACE.  No other TABLE existing will instill in us the magnificent TRUTH OF CHRIST and arm us daily for the day.

Every breathing moment we have the joy of allowing Christ to flow through us – our speech, our thoughts, His ability for our jobs, our relationships, ALL our being and works.

It’s not something flesh and blood does.  And I scrutinized the book of Galatians again this morning to be refreshed in what Paul the Apostle preached, was revealed and taught by the Lord, and suffered greatly for. (Oops, I ended in a preposition).

If we think for one minute we are making righteousness happen in our lives, we need to “look again!”    There is ONLY ONE who fulfilled ALL righteousness in the sight of God and this is the MAN, Christ Jesus.

This is the whole point of GRACE. He suffered on the cross, was buried, then RAISED from the DEAD – ALL for our sins, ALL for the penalty of sins (DEATH), ALL so we could have ABUNDANT LIFE in HIM!  God counted us as having been crucified, buried and raised with HIM!

Abundant Life is NOT coming through our efforts of keeping the LAW. It’s coming through CHRIST and CHRIST ALONE.  If we are looking at the LAW to find some kind of fruit by ourselves – beating ourselves up constantly because we keep failing, we are LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE.

The reason we are seeing more sin than fruitfulness, is simply because we are working out of flesh and blood effort, instead of FAITH in JESUS.  God has to teach us this and He will.

Again, the WHOLE POINT of GRACE is that JESUS CHRIST came to live inside of us. He HAS fulfilled RIGHTEOUSNESS – He HAS infused His LIFE inside of us by God’s Spirit – it is THROUGH FAITH now in HIM that we will see GREAT FRUIT in our lives, if we will do BUT ONE THING:  LOOK TO JESUS CHRIST ALONE!  ANYTIME I HAVE A FLESH PROBLEM – GO TO JESUS –NOT AWAY FROM HIM!

Ya’ll this is a GREATSALVATION!  It is GREAT because God is FULLY PLEASED WITH HIS SON!  And His Son lives in you and me.  He is NOT calling us a bunch of “Clunk Heads” – no, He calls us BELOVED CHILDREN of God.  It is Christ in us, who will teach us HOW to walk in Him - HOW, HOW, HOW, so that His life will be expressed.  THIS IS SUPERNATURAL – not of natural , unregenerate man.

If we mix our “hearing” of the Word with anything other than the TRUTH OF CHRIST ALONE, faith will not come!  But if I receive the revelation of Christ’s finished work and His life in me, FAITH in Him will ever be at the forefront of my life and existence.  I will know GRACE – the true GRACE of God. God’s WORD is about UNVEILING JESUS to our hearts and our response of WOW!

Paul wrote, “I pray God will grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him…”  Ephesians 3:17-20  And…

THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH! 

Remember, we were justified with God through faith in Christ alone.  Therefore we live and walk by faith alone.

Unredeemed, unregenerate man wants to achieve something in and of himself before God.  But Christians have caught that disease.  God will let us walk in that wilderness for along time, until we go “DUH!”

And when we go “DUH,” boy, are we ever ready for a beautiful revelation of the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST:  “I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST – it is no longer I who lives – BUT CHRIST lives in me.  And the life I NOW live, I live BY FAITH in HIM WHO LOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDD me and gave Himself for me!” Gal. 2:20

Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus – oh for GRACE to TRUST YOU MORE!

Let us believe God. 
 
Loving the Gospel,

Sue Gaither