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Doing or Done?
“And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted Him, saying, Master, what shall I do
to inherit eternal life”? (Luke 10:25).
What shall I do? No words can more plainly show the ignorance of a fallen sinner who does not understand his lost, fallen, helpless condition. When man could do nothing, Jesus came to him where he was. What a journey of love! He came to do all for the sinner, and He has done it — it is finished! My reader, do you know Jesus? Are you resting on what Jesus has done on the cross? Have you been brought to know your utterly lost condition? Have you, by faith, seen Jesus taking your place on Calvary’s cross, and now giving you His place in spotless purity forever?
If you seek to earn eternal life by doing, you are rejecting and despising Jesus Christ. But if you know and believe the love of God in sending Jesus to die for you and rise again, you have eternal life. It is the gift of God. Let your doing now be to show forth the praises of Him who saved you. The Bible says of the believer, “that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light” (1 Peter 2:9).
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