Thoughts for another day

March 14, 2013.

Today's verse: Philip. 3:9. And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

In the world, among those who believe in the presence of God, there’re two kinds of people.  One, those who believe one can attain to salvation through things devised by men and two, those who’re among Christians, who believe that the righteousness needed to gain eternal life is not within the power of man to attain, but comes simply by faith in Christ Jesus, the Savior of the world.  Which is the right way, for no matter what a man may do, his actions simply cannot blot out his sin just the way, one cannot wash away the blot on a clean white cloth so as to make the cloth look the way it did before it got blotted.

But the blood of Christ can do that for us; why?  Because the blood of Christ is so precious, so holy that no matter what blot comes in its wake, it’s instantly cleaned and there’s so much immensity in Jesus’ Blood that even a drop of it is enough to wash every blot of every generation of mankind.  On this I would also like to point out that the great coming down of Christ to earth from heaven is akin to holding the entire water of an ocean in a cup because Christ, who spans heavens and earth, came in the form of a finite and frail man!  That’s why I talk of the immensity of Jesus’ blood for who can fathom the extent of His flowing blood? And did He himself not say, ‘This is My blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for many!’  So His blood remains un-exhausting, even if every sin of every human being on earth is washed clean.

Having said that, I submit that no matter what we do, we can’t add an iota of purity to our souls.  There can be nothing we do that can grant us any merit to be considered citizens of God’s Kingdom.  It’s only our faith in Christ which makes Him our Savior; and our belief in Him that makes us clean by God’s massive power which is exercised for us when we believe that Christ is the Son of God and He came to save us by His death and resurrection.  In believing this, we set free the fountain of God’s Grace, which certifies us as fit to be citizens of heaven to be and rule with Christ forever.