An Experience of Abiding in Christ
Oh, my friend, let this truth wash you at the cross as it did me this morning. See Jesus, our Great High Priest (whom Aaron represented), hanging on the cross, bearing your guilt! He not only carried your sins, sicknesses, and sorrows, He also carried your guilt. It was on His forehead like a crown of thorns. It was on His body as He carried your sins. Your guilt was all over Jesus as He hung there!
But then He was taken down from the cross, and watch as your sins and guilt were thrown into a grave, buried out of sight, covered over with a stone!
And finally, He was raised from the dead; He’s alive, and this means your guilt was left behind in the tomb. You’ll never see it again!
But why? Why did He carry your guilt? “So that they will be acceptable to the Lord!” Do you understand? Jesus took your guilt to make you acceptable to God! Jesus was treated as you deserve so that you might be treated as He deserves. He was banished to the cross, to the grave, and to hell, so that you would be welcomed into heaven.
This is how we abide in Christ: “...If my words remain in you…” I’ve been thinking about this passage for hours now and will continue to do so. As I go about my day, I will be savoring this passage, meditating on Christ my High Priest, Christ my guilt-bearer, Christ who made me acceptable to God. Oh, how my heart is burning with love for Him who burned in judgment for me!
Oh, friend, I so much want you to know this passionate love of Jesus, to experience it in your heart and life. I want you to know the secret and the secret place. The secret to being washed at the cross, the secret to walking by the Spirit, the secret to warring against the flesh, indeed, the secret to freedom is abiding in Christ!
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.”
John 15:9 NIV
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Question 9. What did you receive from this lesson today, and how will you apply it?
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