December 16th, 2014. DO NOT SHUT CHRIST DOWN You have become discharged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. Galatians 5:4 Pauls word is very strong concerning how we can shut Christ down in our lives. To be discharged from Christ means to be brought to nought from Christ, to be separated from Christ, or to become idle in relation to Christ. This does not mean that we lose our salvation. But it does mean, according to the Greek word, katargeo, that we nullify Christ and put Him out of operation. In my computer there is what is known as the system folder. This folder is the key to the operation of all the other programs. If the system folder is up and running, then everything else runs smoothly. But if something goes wrong with the system folder, everything on the computer shuts down. Even though there are many good programs that can do many things, if the system folder is damaged in any way, then nothing works. In the same way, if you and I come under the law in any form and are brought again under a yoke of slavery, we are discharged from Christ and He is nullified in our practical experience. This word from Paul in Galatians is helpful to all of us. It may explain our own experiences when we have felt like the Lord was virtually absent from us. The atmosphere of freedom was lost. Christ was nullified. This word will also preserve us as we go on together in the church life. May we always cherish the blood- bought atmosphere of freedom, which brings in the full enjoyment of Christ. Then the church will be maintained in the reality of Christ. CHRIST HAS BECOME OF NO EFFECT UNTO YOU. If ye seek any part of righteousness in the works of the law, Christ has no concern with you, and ye are fallen from grace. They were not so grossly mistaken as to believe that by the observance of the law alone they were justified, but attempted to mix Christ with the law. In any other point of view, Pauls threatening would have utterly failed to produce alarm. What are you doing? You deprive yourselves of every advantage from Christ, and treat his grace as if it were of no value whatever. We see then that the smallest part of justification cannot be attributed to the law without renouncing Christ and his grace.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 05:30:37 +0000
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