What Should We Do?
“Then said they unto Him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?” (John 6:28)
These who came to Jesus with this question where approaching Salvation and relationship with God by what they did. They were trying to come up with the works God would accept that they might be right with the Lord. Approaching the Lord by works is, of course, not what the Lord wants, and will only lead to self-righteousness.
“Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the Work of God, that you believe on Him Whom He has sent” (John 6:29).
The Lord was showing them the way, the only way, to approach the Lord. We are to come by faith in the One Whom He has sent- the One Who died on a cruel Cross to save us. We are to come in repentance and faith in His sacrificial death at Calvary. This is the work of God. We cannot in ourselves live a life pleasing to the Lord no matter what works we may offer up.
The work of God is the same for us once we come in repentance and faith and receive the “gift” of Salvation. We are to daily place our faith in Christ and Him crucified. The Holy Spirit will work mightily in our lives when we do this. Faith plus works has no place in the Christians life when it comes to living a victorious Christian life. We will, and should, do works as a Christian, but they must be the result of having our faith placed properly. We are to stand fast in faith in the One that loved us and died on the Cross that we might have “Newness of Life.” The Apostle Paul sums this up in the following verse:
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again in the yolk of bondage. Christ has become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by Law; you have fallen from Grace” (Galatians 5:1,4).
The Galatians were gloriously saved through the Apostle Paul’s ministry and were now tempted to go back under the Law. Judaizers, from Jerusalem, had come and told them that they must obey the Law in addition to faith in Christ. Paul is telling them here that this was a prescription for failure and would only lead to bondage. It is faith in Christ, plus nothing, that is the Lord’s prescribed order of victory.
The Lord has provided a complete Salvation for us. Our part is to believe. He died on the Cross for our Salvation and sent the Holy Spirit to live in us and teach us all things. The work of God is to believe in the Savior He sent. The Life of faith is not complicated. A child can understand it. Believe and rest in the finished work of Christ. That’s it. Victory is ours – the Holy Spirit will see to it. The Righteousness of the Law will be fulfilled in us as we walk out this life by faith in the One who paid the price in full for our Salvation.
“That the Righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us (only by our continued faith in Christ crucified), who walk not after the flesh (try to have victory in our own ability), but after the Spirit (the Spirit will bring victory as our faith is continually placed in Christ and His finished work at Calvary) (Romans 8:4).
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The ABC’s of Salvation
A) We are to admit we are sinners unable to save ourselves: “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23), and “There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10).
B) We are to acknowledge that Jesus paid the price for our sins on the cross: ” He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes, we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).
C) We are to place our faith in Him (Jesus) and His great sacrificial work on the cross: “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him From the dead, you shall be saved”(Romans 10:9).
God’s Love For Us
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life” (John 3:16).
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Victorious Christian Living
We were saved by placing our faith in Christ and Him crucified, and we are sanctified (our daily walk) in the same way.
Focus – Jesus Christ
Object of Faith – The Cross of Christ
Power Source – The Holy Spirit
Result- Victory.
With the Lord as the source and the Cross as the means, and that being the object of our faith, then the Holy Spirit who works exclusively within the parameters of the finished work of Christ, will greatly help us. “For the law (law of God) of the Spirit (the way the Holy Spirit works) of life (life comes from Christ) in Christ Jesus (by what He accomplished on the Cross) has made me free (given me victory) from the law of sin and death (the law of the Spirit of life is the only way to have victory over the law of sin and death)” (Romans 8:2).
Defeated Christian Living
In our daily walk with the Lord we are either attempting to live by grace or by law (works). If we add anything to our faith in Christ and Him crucified, then we have left Grace and are operating in law (works). The result will be the following:
FOCUS: WORKS
OBJECT OF FAITH: PERFORMANCE
POWER SOURCE: SELF
RESULT: FAILURE
(Portions of the above are from page 81 of “The Sin Nature” authored by Jimmy Swaggart)
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Always Remember,
God Loves You!
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