BBD 09.17.08 Put On Jesus
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09.17.08
Put On Jesus
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word,
you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free." They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and
have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, 'You will be made
free'?" Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits
sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but
a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free
indeed. - John 8:31-36.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to
fulfill its lusts. - Romans 13:14.
When I was in the sixth grade I had been doing fine, at least I thought I
was doing fine, back in the back of the classroom. All of that came to an
end one day when Mr. McCall looked back at me and wanted me to answer a
question he had written on the blackboard. I had no clue as to what the
answer could be although it was not that I didn't know the answer. It was
just that I could not see the words he had written. Because of that I was
suddenly transported to the front row for the rest of the year, and soon I
was wearing those dreaded things called, eyeglasses. The law of
nearsightedness had disrupted my life and learning experience.
Thank God, another law overcame the law of nearsightedness in my life. The
law of corrective lenses overcame it. You would think that I would have more
freedom to live life without being hindered by glasses. After all, you have
to keep them clean, wear them, and it is very hard to swim in them.
Actually, I am truly free to live my physical life only if I wear those
eyeglasses. When I am wearing my glasses I am free to drive, to read, to see
faces clearly and so many other things that would not be possible without
them.
In our spiritual lives we are overcome and held captive by sin. But just as
glasses are able to overcome nearsightedness so can sin be overcome. To
overcome sin, we must put on the Lord Jesus Christ. When we do that we are
still slaves; instead of being slaves to sin, we have become slaves of
righteousness. Jesus says, "My yoke is easy and My burden is light (Matthew
11:30)." The yoke of Jesus cancels out and overcomes the sin in our lives.
By taking on the yoke of Jesus, we can be free to live life to its utmost.
As Jesus says, "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free
indeed." Only by putting on Jesus can we truly have freedom that brings real
life.
Each day we have a choice. We can choose to put on the Lord Jesus Christ, or
we can make provision for sin. We can choose life, or we can choose death
(Romans 8:5-6). Which will you choose today, and for eternity?
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