Did Jesus Have Live by Faith Like You and Me?
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| Dear Mark,
When on this earth, Jesus Christ was fully God and fully human. Many believe Jesus performed miracles and obeyed His Father by simply doing it as God. People will often say, "Sure Jesus was able to obey God the Father because Jesus was God!" That is a serious misunderstanding.
Jesus lived on this earth only as a human. Though he never ceased being God, it was as if He "stuck His deity in His back pocket for 33 years." Jesus had to live like we are asked by God to live - by faith! That is, He daily lived completely dependent on His Father to meet all of His needs, especially for love, and to live through Him every moment. In John 14:10, Jesus confirms this stating, "Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work."
Each day we are to ask Jesus to live His life through us. This does not mean we will live passive lives just as Jesus did not live a passive life. It means we will be very active as go to work, relate to our family, friends and neighbors, talk with God, read God's Word, watch TV, drive our cars, fulfill our God-given purpose, obey God and more with Jesus living through us in each of these. Why don't we decide now that we will ask Jesus to live through us every day even if we don't feel the reality of that? He loves us and wants to live through us!
Be Free in Christ,
Mark Maulding
President and Founder
Grace Life International
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