“Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down! …” -Isaiah 64:1
The distinctive characteristic of the Christian religion is the person Jesus Christ. Indeed, all authority under heaven and earth has been given to Him, and at His Name every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is Lord! He is the Lover of our souls and the Lifter of our heads. Our very salvation finds its substance in His substitutionary death; our hope of glory is in His indwelling righteousness, our promise of heaven is in His resurrection from the grave! He is the central post upon which our religion is built.
It is the purpose of the devil by any and every means to deceive all of mankind, and specifically to deceive them concerning the person of Jesus. Delusions of every sort all serve the purpose of detracting from the centrality of Jesus Christ in the lives of men. The very purpose of deception is to cloud the mind and keep men from following after Him with everything they are.
Contrarily, the cure for deception is Jesus Christ. Knowing and obeying His commands is a salve to blind eyes. Drawing near to Him is the cure for deaf ears. Fixing our eyes on Him will keep us from being bogged down in distraction and busyness. If we will set Him in the proper place (as King of Kings and Lord of Lords) in our lives, all other details will fall into place as a result.
“…As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil– To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence!” -Isaiah 64:2
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