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Test of Discipleship
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give up. God does not turn away from us even if we are overcome
by the enemy. He does not leave us alone.”
Christ is at the right hand of God. He is asking His Father to
forgive us. John, the greatly loved disciple, wrote, “I am writing this
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to you, my children, so that you will not sin; but if anyone does sin,
we have someone who pleads with the Father on our behalf—Jesus
Christ, the righteous one.”
1 John 2:1
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We must not forget these words of Christ: “The Father himself
loves you.”
John 16:27
. He desires to bring us back to Himself. He
wants to see His own purity and holiness reflected in us. If we will
give ourselves to Him until Jesus comes, He will continue the good
work He has begun in us.
We must pray with great desire. We must believe more fully. As
we begin to lose faith in our own power, let us trust the power of our
Redeemer. Let us praise Him who is the light of our lives.
The closer we come to Jesus, the more faults we will see in our
own lives. We will see our faults more clearly as we compare our
sinful selves with the perfect Saviour. This will show that Satan’s
false ideas are losing their power over us and that the life-giving
Spirit of God is leading us.
Deep love for Jesus cannot live in our hearts if we do not know
we are sinful. If we are changed by the grace of Christ, we will
admire the Saviour’s holy character. If we do not see that we are
sinful, this shows that we have never seen the beauty and perfection
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of Christ.
The less we find to admire in ourselves, the more we shall see
to admire in Christ’s infinite purity and beauty. When we see how
sinful we are, we turn to Him who can pardon. When we see that we
have no power, we reach out after Christ. Then Christ comes with
power to help.
Our sense of need drives us to the Saviour and to the Word of
God. The more we see of His beautiful character, the more we shall
become like Him.
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