If we have enjoyed the benefits of the gospel, then we must come before God everyday to receive His grace. The Bible teaches us that "without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Paul and Barnabas were preaching at Lystra, and a man who was cripples and lame since birth was listening to them too. He never thought that he would be healed because he had been lame for so long and he was born with the disability. On that day, he heard that there's a God who created all things in the universe and who prepared a plan of salvation after human beings committed sin, and that God let His beloved son Jesus Christ die on the cross to take on the penalty of sin on behalf of all mankind. He then heard that those who believed in Jesus could be set free from sin, and God was also happy to heal those who are brokenhearted and sick, and make them whole again. When he heard Paul telling him, "stand up on your feet," without any hesitation he jumped up and started walking, and he was completely healed!
Is our life crippled in any way? Paul said that "for what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do - this I keep on doing." We know what's right and wrong, but we are unable to live by the rules. Many Christians are suffering from the fact that they are not bearing fruit in their life, and that's because they've never experienced the power of the gospel. When we come before God by faith, however, and believe in His words and promises - not just agree with them rationally - and fully embrace them in our lives, we will be set free by the power of the gospel. May the power of the gospel be manifested in our lives today!
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