LIVING BY HIS FAITH .
Sunday, March 17th .
Pastor Chris
… and the life which I now LIVE IN THE FLESH I
LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, who
loved me, and gave himself for me (Galatians
2:20).
When Jesus died on the Cross, He knew that if we
got to hear about His love, we’d believe and
become one with Him. He had faith in what He did,
in His vicarious sacrifice for us. He trusted that
we’d become everything He died, was buried, and
rose back to life for. That’s the faith of the Son of
God by which we’re to live.
Think about it this way: imagine that you have a son
who’s about to sit for his final exam. The exam
costs quite some money, but you’re ready to stake
everything. You say to him, “Son, all the money we
have at the moment is what we’re paying for you to
sit for this exam, but that’s nothing, because we
trust you’d be successful, and as a result, things
will change for the family.”
Now, your son understands that the hope of the
entire family is on him; he knows he’s got to be
successful at this exam; he can’t afford to
disappoint the family. So, he’ll act on your faith in
him—which will become his driving force. His
friends may be partying, but he’ll act differently,
because he knows you’ve invested everything in
him, and wants to justify the confidence reposed in
him.
That’s akin to Galatians 2:20: the life we now live,
we live by the faith of the Son of God who loved us
and gave up everything for us. We can’t fail or
disappoint Him. This is the reason you must live
your life differently, setting your affection on Him,
on things above, and not on things on earth or the
flesh. Be determined that you’d walk in, and
manifest, the full blessings of the Gospel which are
yours in Christ. Live to His dream; His expectation;
live by the faith of the Son of God!
CONFESSION
I was crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet
not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I
now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of
God who loved me, and gave Himself for me. My
life is ever for His glory. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY:
Colossians 3:1-3 If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above, where Christ
sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your
affection on things above, not on things on the
earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with
Christ in God.
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.
1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the
things [that are] in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For
all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of
the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world
passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that
doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-Year Bible Reading Plan=
Luke 1:57-80 & Deuteronomy 8-10
2-Year Bible Reading Plan= Matthew 23:23-39 &
Exodus 26
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