the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
He that saith that he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 1 John 2:6. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4:17.
He who says, "The Lord is my strength and righteousness," must let the righteousness and strength of Christ, in which he believes, become apparent in his life and conduct, that his life and deeds shall not give the lie to that which he professes with his mouth. Many glory in the righteousness of Christ, but few possess it and show it in their deeds. St. Paul says, "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ" (Galatians 3:27). But then Christ must also be seen. If you have put on the garment of Christ’s righteousness, where is it? Show it to me. If you say, "Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness my beauty are, my glorious dress," you must also be beautiful, as beautiful to look upon as Christ. Everybody must be able to see it and say, ’’He has put on and walks in the garment of Christ’s righteousness; there is no longer a single thread of the soiled garment of the world, of the coat contaminated by the flesh, of the fig-leaves of Adam, upon him. " Oh, that we would not play with words without heart and repeat professions without truth and the assent of the heart! Oh, that we would not put on an imaginary robe, a false faith of the mouth! Oh, that we would not appropriate and count our own that which we do not possess, which we cannot prove to be ours by our deeds, and which no eye can discover in us! Vain talk will not be a lasting garment, but a cobweb, in which we can not stand before God. Oh, that we might lay hold on Christ and His righteousness, clothe our heart, mind and conduct therein, live and die therein!
Father of eternal grace,
Glorify Thyself in me!
Meekly beaming in my face,
May the world Thine image see.
