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July 18, 2008
THE MYSTERY OF BELIEVING
And he said, Who art Thou, Lord?
Acts 9:6
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=ac+9:6&sr=1
By the miracle of Redemption Saul of Tarsus was turned in one second
from a strong-willed, intense Pharisee into a humble, devoted slave
of the Lord Jesus.
There is nothing miraculous about the things we can explain. We
command what we are able to explain, consequently it is natural to
seek to explain. It is not natural to obey; nor is it necessarily
sinful to disobey. There is no moral virtue in obedience unless there
is a recognition of a higher authority in the one who dictates. It is
possibly an emancipation to the other person if he does not obey. If
one man says to another - 'You must,' and - 'You shall,' he breaks
the human spirit and unfits it for God. A man is a slave for obeying
unless behind his obedience there is a recognition of a holy God.
Many a soul begins to come to God when he flings off being religious,
because there is only one Master of the human heart, and that is not
religion but Jesus Christ. But woe be to me if when I see Him I say -
I will not. He will never insist that I do, but I have begun to sign
the death warrant of the Son of God in my soul. When I stand face to
face with Jesus Christ and say - I will not, He will never insist;
but I am backing away from the recreating power of His Redemption. It
is a matter of indifference to God's grace how abominable I am if I
come to the light; but woe be to me if I refuse the light (see John
3:19-21).
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