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What
Happens When The Life Of Christ Is In You?
Charles Price |
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There is a way
which seemeth right unto a man
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Twice in the book of
Proverbs (14:12 and 16:25) we learn that man's judgment as to
the right way is not reliable. What seems right to him ends in
disaster and death.
During World War II the Navy gave a
vivid illustration of this to its flight personnel. It was
trying to impress on them that when they were flying at high
altitudes and did not use their oxygen, they could not trust
their senses. A pilot was instructed to enter a decompression
chamber and sit down at a table on which was a sheet of
mathematical problems. Oxygen was withdrawn from the chamber
to simulate high altitudes. When the air became less dense,
the pilot was told to solve the problems. He was also told
that no one had done so correctly so far.
The pilot
would breeze through the problems with utmost confidence that
he had beaten the system. The problems seemed easy, and he had
every assurance that he would receive a perfect score. There
was no doubt in his mind about it.
But when oxygen was
fed back into the chamber, and he emerged to have his paper
corrected, he learned that his ability to solve problems had
been seriously impaired by the lack of oxygen getting to his
brain. The lesson was, of course, that if he flew at high
altitudes without using his oxygen, he wouldn't be able to
trust his own judgment, and he would be inviting a
crash.
Man's judgment has been seriously impaired by
sin. He feels absolutely sure that the way to heaven is by
doing the best he can. If you tell him that no one has ever
been saved by good works, he still has every confidence that
he will be the first to beat the system. He is certain that
God would never turn him away from the gates of
heaven.
But he
is wrong, and if he persists in his lack of "spiritual
oxygen", he will perish. His safety lies in trusting the Word
of God rather than his own judgment. If he does so, he will
repent of his sins and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as his
Lord and Savior. Because God's Word is truth, those who
believe it can be confident that they are following the right
route.
William MacDonald
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