Last week I saw a quote from Arthur Pink, an old English Bible teacher. This quote left me in awe, if I must say. It answered a question I had had for some time but didn't know how to phrase.
The quote said
“ The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Saviour from Hell rather than a Saviour from sin. And that is why so many are fatally deceived, for there are multitudes who wish to escape the Lake of fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality and worldliness.” [ Moment of Silence]
Wow. If I was in his congregation when he said this I would be “ mhmming”, nodding, snapping my fingers which would transition into a clap, saying "wordwordword" and even be on my feet. What a statement!
The quote is pretty self-explanatory but I just want to center today’s post on the idea of
“what are we really saved from?”
1 Peter 2:24
“ He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.”
We all know this, we know Jesus died for our sins. But I think, one thing we forget is Jesus died to save us from our sins/ sinful nature, not necessarily the Lake of fire.
This is very striking to me because it makes me wonder,
“How dangerous or deadly is our sinful nature that Jesus had to die a brutal death to save us from it? “
Our sinful nature is horrific because staying in that state leads to eternal damnation, first of all. Secondly, living in a sinful manner results in separation from God and spiritual death here on earth. Sometimes, I feel as though we water-down the term spiritual death or the idea of being separated from God but words cannot describe how devastating or scary such states are. Being spiritually dead is as intense as physical death. When spiritually dead, you cannot act in the spiritual realm so if anything attacks you, you cannot respond. Now, someone may think that’s not a big deal but you have to remember that physical manifestations are as a result of spiritual activity so your spiritual death would be displayed in your physical life and can potentially ruin a lot.
We must not be comfortable in our sinful nature because Jesus has shown us why to forsake it and pursue righteousness. Christ has not only saved you from hell but from the sinful nature that would send you straight to hell. Christ has given us freedom from the things that once held us captive so let us live as such. Jesus wants you to understand how scary and serious sin is so do not play with it. Sin is not your friend.
Dear Lord,
Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross to save me. Lord, words cannot describe how grateful I am for you. You are my everything Jesus. I pray that you open my eyes to see the gravity of sin and what settling in sin can lead me to. Help me Lord to pursue righteousness and live a life for you only. Take the glory in my life. In Jesus’ name.
Amen
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