“He was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not.” 1 John 3:5, 6
Some of us force ourselves to do things we don’t want to do and to live a life we cannot in fact live, and think that in making this effort we are being Christians. That is very far removed from what God offers us in Christ. The Christian life is lived when I receive the life of Christ within me as a gift. to live by that life.
It is the nature of the life of Christ not to love the world but to be distinct from it, and to value prayer and the Word and communion with God. These are not things I do naturally; by nature I have to force myself to do them. But God has provided another nature, and he wants me to benefit from the provision he has made. God sets up a standard, but Christ shows us his storehouse. Strength, life, grace from God, all are ours to receive that we may measure up to the divine standard.
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