CHRIST OUR RULE
"And
as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them."
-GALATIANS
6:16 [KJV]
And
what is this rule we walk by? The law? It is this, "God
forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ"
[GALATIANS
6:14].
Truly, this is the believer's rule of life. This is our standard of
measurement. Jesus Christ and Him crucified. This is our rule for
understanding the Scriptures. All Scripture points to Him. This is
the rule of our faith. He is the object of our faith. This is the
rule of our assurance. Any assurance derived anywhere but simply
glorying in the cross is a false assurance. This is the rule of our
motives. Any motive other than His glory is a wrong motive. This is
the rule of our doctrine. All of our doctrine finds Christ crucified
as its sum and substance. This is the rule of our motivation. His
love to us "constraineth
us." He is
our rule in everything. He is that "one
pearl of great price,"
which a man sells all that he has to possess. If Christ is not our
rule of life, we have not yet known Him.
-Gospel report by preacher Todd Nibert
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