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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Necessary Orientation, #4
He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. (I John 3:8—NIV)
The Son of God was not revealed in order to forgive the sins of the world. What good would that do? Jesus Christ was revealed for the purpose of destroying Satan and all his works from the earth. When the Lord returns He will establish His Kingdom on the earth and then God's will shall be done here.
Those whose life He is shall appear with Him and help set up the Kingdom.
Because the Christians are not performing the good works they have been chosen to do, the world has no moral light.
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10—NIV)
We have been saved and raised to the right hand of God that we may be delivered from sin and able to live righteous lives in the sight of the people around us. This is the true witness of God, that which proceeds from the saving power of Christ in us.
America has had much Gospel preaching. Multitudes have made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. But the testimony of righteous behavior, the true testimony of the Person, will, way, and eternal purpose of God in Christ, is sadly, sadly lacking. The believers are jumping up and down in a childish manner next to their pews in the hope of being removed from the earth. God would rather have them enter His program of deliverance from sin that they may serve as His witness to the nations.
One of the main reasons there is so little deliverance from sin in the Evangelical churches of our day is that the believers are not oriented correctly to their position in Christ. They have been told over and over again that their sins are forgiven. They believe this. They have been told over and over again that the Lord will return to the earth. They believe this.
But they have not been told over and over that they have been crucified with Christ, resurrected with Christ, and have been raised to the right hand of God. They do not realize this is true. Therefore they find Bible teaching too hard.
They should have been told when they were baptized in water that they were entering the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. They should have been told when they came up out of the water that they now have been resurrected with Christ and raised to the right hand of God in Heaven. This is what it means to be born again.
Usually they are not told this. Even if they are, they are not told it again and again and again, Sunday after Sunday, until they accept their position by faith.
What they are told again and again and again, Sunday after Sunday, is their sins are all covered by grace and soon they are going to leave this wicked world and go home to be with Jesus. This is what they believe but it is not scriptural.
To be continued.