August 30
The God we serve is altogether righteous. He is holy. We who abide in a tabernacle of flesh have no point of reference for the totality of the excellence of the Lord Jesus Christ, for we are stained with sin. When we receive Him as Lord and Savior, He cleanses us and gives us His righteousness.
We know we will one day stand holy before His Throne of Judgment and receive the full impact of His merciful salvation. As long as all we have to compare ourselves to is other fallen men, we cannot apprehend the fullness of the grace we have received. But when we see Him, we will know the transformation that’s occurred in us.
Conversely, those who refuse to see and accept Jesus as Lord and Savior will on that day have a startling revelation of just how impoverished and lowly they have been while abiding in a tabernacle of flesh. The righteousness they thought they had, the wealth they attained, the power they wielded—all—will fail them in that day.
When the trump sounds, the dead arise and time is no more, we will know the magnitude of the one decision we made that is of eternal consequence—what we do with Jesus. We will either receive the fullness of the blessed salvation He desires to give all mankind or realize the magnitude of Daniel 4:17 which says, “His ways are just and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
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