Dial Daily Bread

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":

God has inspired His holy word, the Bible, for “all Scripture is
given
by inspiration of God” (2 Tim. 3:16). But He has not made the Bible
difficult to understand! He has promised, “Turn you at My reproof, .
.
. I will make known My words unto you” (Prov. 1:23).

One of those “words” that He “will make known” unto us is
“justification.” Ask Him to! The root idea is to make something
that
was crooked become straight. On the sixth day of creation week God
ended that work; when sin entered planet earth, He turned His infinite
power into re-creating sinful human hearts. Justification by faith is
the sinner receiving this mighty power of re-creation, that is, the new

birth. The sinner’s faith is awakened by his “beholding” the love
of
Christ revealed in His cross, just as the stricken Israelite bitten by
poisonous snakes was healed by beholding, looking at, the brass serpent

lifted on the pole.

You watch a hero or heroine in a movie; now spend your time more wisely

by “watching” Jesus Christ. “Eat” the Bible story of the cross;
turn
off your radio, TV, everything; just kneel and patiently, in prayer,
read about Jesus straight from Scripture. Wait before Him. God wants to

hear a sincere, honest, unhurried prayer. I know; I am as unworthy as
anyone, but I know He responds. He loves you as much as He loves me! I
have never heard the literal voice of God, but I want to encourage
those people who also must confess they haven’t either; the Holy
Spirit
imparts spiritual life through the word, the Bible. He wants your faith

to be established on the solid rock of Bible truth, not on dreams or
impressions or “voices.”

Will the one who is “justified by faith” live in obedience to
God’s
word? Yes, obedience is the direct fruit of the experience of
justification by faith. It has now become your joy.

Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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