J.A. Matteson
(Devotional)
"Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me" (Luke 7:23). Is Christ Jesus a pearl of great price to you? Is His teaching sweetness to your soul? Have you tasted the kindness of the Lord and are you resting in His love? Is your spirit provoked at the sights and sounds of unrighteousness in a world given over to evil? Are you daily following the Lord Jesus in humble obedience, earnestly desiring to please Him in all that you do? An affirmative reply denotes you are blessed. And that state of blessedness is not the consequence of your doing. Rather, it was Gods grace extended to you while dead in sin and a child of wrath, even as the rest, removing your heart of stone and replacing it with a heart of flesh. It is by grace that you now long for the Savior of your soul and find in Him sweetness above all else. For it is the Spirit of God within the child of God who draws you into fellowship with the Father through the Son of God. Oh how blessed you are. Rejoice!
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