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The LORD is near - Thursday, July 22, 2022
by Jacob Redekop, Brian Reynolds, John van Dijk, Eugene P. Vedder Jr

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Living by Faith

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20

Living by Faith
Many a Christian who is thoroughly well-assured in his soul that faith in Christ is the only possible way by which a sinner can find pardon and peace, fails to believe that faith in Christ is the only way by which he himself can live to God. Such a believer has faith in Christ as his Savior from the doom of sin, but not faith in Him as his Strength over the power of sin. He has faith that Christ has magnified the claims of divine righteousness respecting the sins he has committed, but not faith that the Lord works righteousness and holiness in him. The evidence of a man's faith lies in its fruits. A sinner comes to Jesus, the sacrifice for sinners on the cross, and finds forgiveness; a saint comes to Christ, the risen Lord in glory, and finds strength for living to God.

The life of faith is not simply looking once to Christ for salvation, but going on with Him hour by hour. Being justified by faith, we live day by day on the principle of faith. We do not receive life from the once-crucified Lord, and then go on in our own power: "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith" (Col. 2:6-7). Every day the believer needs Christ as his strength; living by faith, he is living outside his own resources, and by the Son of God, who loved him and gave Himself for him.

H. F. Witherby
Thou wouldest that we should rejoice

And walk by faith below;Enough, that we have heard Thy voice,

And learned Thy love's deep woe.

J. N. Darby

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