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Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-13
Song: Am I A Soldier Of The Cross?
“Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” Exercise can make you strong. So can a healthy diet. There is strength in numbers. Learning the use of a weapon can increase one’s might. There is a power in persuasive speaking, in money, and in creative genius. Men have confidence in all these things. But how can a man find strength in the grace that is in Jesus Christ?
By his faith. By believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who tabernacled among men. If Jesus was pleased to suffer as our sacrificial lamb, is He less concerned for our well-being now that He has ascended as our High Priest?
By sensible reflection. There is no power of wickedness in heaven or on earth that is mightier than the power of sin and its constituent, the grave. If the grace of Jesus delivers from that power what foe will He permit to overtake you?
By price comparison. The believer knows that he has been purchased by the shed blood of the lamb. He will not cheapen God’s grace nor treat as common Christ’s blood by a casual or hypocritical participation in the kingdom. The price paid and love expended was too great for such.
The grace of God is power. Legal power satisfying the debt of sin. Moral power convicting sinners of wrong. Disciplinary power teaching men how to live. It is the only strength that is sufficient.
Jason Moore
