Good morning as October begins to wind down and the tea days of winter draw closer. We look around and judge our conditions, and then we look inside and judge our fitness for salvation. We are wrong in the external in that our conditions are used by God to sanctify us, while we also are wrong about our spiritual condition. Now, lest we think entirely wrong, the flesh does seem to know itself and reminds us of its sinful nature very often. However, God knows our condition and He has a different take on it than we do. Where we see sin after sin, God sees the covering, cleansing blood of the Lamb. Where we may see a near constant need to ask forgiveness, God sees His Son on the cross declaring, "It is accomplished". Where we look inside at the lusts of the flesh and wonder when the cleansing will begin, God sees His own perfect work through the Holy Spirit. The conditions we see with eyes still partly blinded by the worldly flesh is not entirely what we think we know.
The Bible says a few things about us that are not pleasing to hear. We violate the law in every way imaginable. We deserve eternal punishment for our lawbreaking. However, the Son of God paid for those broken laws with His blood and body on the cross. The Bible goes on from that great sacrifice to tell of the wonderful way that faith in Christ saves us from the penalty of sin. How we have eternal life in Christ Jesus because of belief in our Lord. How grace is the undeserved and unlooked for product of God's perfect and freely given love for all of us, just as we are right now. God is indeed ready to destroy sin, but you and I belong to Jesus, His Son. God will not destroy what His Son died to save. Get ready, the great day of our Lord is coming!
Bucky P.S. Whoops! Forgot to post this one yesterday.
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