Ten Great Truths That Make God's Last Days Message Unique
NUMBER TEN: Two vital streams of sanctuary truth come together today to form a mighty river of sanctuary truth:
(a) For two millennia the teaching of justification by faith has thrilled the hearts of those who follow Jesus. To realize that the Father through the Holy Spirit cleanses the hearts of believers so that they are at perfect at-one-ment with the heart of Jesus is "most precious."
(b) Just to be saved at last in God's kingdom is not good enough; the amazing truth is that the Holy Spirit justifies the believer so that his heart is in perfect harmony with Jesus.
(c) But that blessed result is still a "not yet" future Reality; therefore it is "justification BY FAITH."
(d) The Lord can do something that we can't do--He "calleth those things which be not as though they were" (Romans 4:17).
(e) And so the existence of those things that "be not" is taken by faith.
(f) We believing sinners are not perfect, and we know it far too well; when the Lord looks upon us, we are full of self, full of sin; but thank God, we have begun to believe in Jesus; now, according to our text in Romans 4:17, the Father "sees" us in His faith as though we had already overcome--calling "what is not" as though it were already true. The most "amazing fact" you can imagine!
(g) So--when the Father asks us to exercise faith, He Himself is already exercising His own faith! He sees what we know is only future but He considers that it is already present truth in reality.
(h) We have a Savior (who is present tense) who will save us to the glorious heights of the Father's will for us, if we don't resist Him and delay Him in His work for us.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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