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Matthew: From Tax Collector to Apostle
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poor, blind, and naked—I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined
in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may
be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed.”
Revelation 3:17, 18
. Faith and love are the gold. But with many, the
gold has become dim, the rich treasure lost. The righteousness of
Christ is a robe unworn, a fountain untouched.
“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite
heart—these, O God, You will not despise.”
Psalm 51:17
. When we
renounce self, then the Lord can make us new creatures. New bottles
can contain new wine. The love of Christ will fill the believers with
new life. The character of Christ will be evident in them.
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