Test yourself. What is your mindset? Do you begin with God and his
rights and goals? Or do you begin with yourself and your rights and
wishes?
And when you look at the death of Christ, what happens?
Does your joy really come from translating this awesome divine work into
a boost for self-esteem? Or are you drawn up out of yourself and filled
with wonder and reverence and worship that here in the death of Jesus
is the deepest, clearest declaration of the infinite esteem of God for
his glory and for his Son?
Here is a great objective foundation
for the full assurance of hope: the forgiveness of sins is grounded,
finally, not in my finite worth or work, but in the infinite worth of
the righteousness of God, God's unswerving allegiance to uphold and
vindicate the glory of his name.
I appeal to you with all my
heart, take your stand on this. Base your life on this. Ground your hope
in this. You will be free from the futile mindset of the world. And you
will never fall.
When God's exaltation of God in Christ is your joy, it can never fail.
“Did Christ Die for Us or for God?”
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