“To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my
throne.”
Jesus words are often quoted in
such a way and with such an understanding that would facilitate any pagan
religion’s ideals. We must be warned against disconnecting this statement from
the context of the gospel truth...”by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be
justified”. No natural man can meet the
laws demands which require complete sinlessness for the duration of the
lifetime. We are not only to overcome as Jesus did...but by the power that is His
and not our own. This point is vital. We overcome as Jesus did, but through
Jesus’ provision of pardon and indwelling. We cannot create the holy life He
made by our effort, but we can accept it and live it. Let this distinction ever
lead us to humility, recognizing how we may emulate, yet never equal, the Son
of God.
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