Devotion Corner

John 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 

The Lord Jesus is His Word. How could He be anything else, when He is called The Word! By Him, we are cleansed of our sins; all true Christians know this and hold to its eternal truth. Our redemption through Christ was spoken of by the prophets for centuries before He came in the flesh of man. As assuredly as He came and fulfilled all the prophecies regarding the coming Messiah, so too we can be assured that once we are saved, we are always saved.

Yet the Devil is called the Accuser for a reason. He looks to test and trouble the spirit of the redeemed in Christ Jesus. He will look to pull us away from the assurance of our salvation and have us sink into doubts of our eternal home. The true believer will know such tests well. Those dark hours where the enemy whispers in our ear that we are not forgiven of our sins; that we are too evil to be forgiven by God; that we are still tempted to sin because we are still lost before God.

Here though is the might and power of the Word of God. A Word lived and proven to be true by the life, death and resurrection of the Son of God. When we cling to Him through His written Word, a Word that reveals all His tender mercies afresh each day to us; we are reminded that we are a new creature in Christ for sure. The truth of the Word that we read is confirmed to our hearts to be true by the witness of the Holy Spirit. It is a deeply personal witness that can make even the most determined accusation of Satan fall dead by the wayside.

This is our daily delight to revel in each day if we wish to. A delight of daily assurance of life eternal through Christ Jesus, if we study the Holy Scriptures with diligence and faith. We will read for ourselves time and time again, that our eternity is certain because our Saviour is alive! We can push on for Christ knowing that our labours are being recorded by a risen and glorified Saviour. One who is preparing a place for us in our Father’s house. Amen.