“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
Whose actions should we
focus on in our spiritual life?
Focusing on my own actions in my spiritual life
is very dangerous.
The reason is that if I look at my righteous
deeds,
I may rely on my own self-righteousness instead
of the righteousness of Jesus.
Similarly, if I look at my sinful actions,
I might struggle with guilt due to my own
unrighteousness,
neglecting to rely on Jesus, who shed His blood
on the cross for my sins.
Therefore, I must always focus on the actions of
Jesus on the cross and live by faith
(While reading Romans 9:11).
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