Required reading
Today Pink encourages us to profit from the Scriptures by learning seven things about Christ: (i) that we need him; (ii) that he is real; (iii) that he is perfect; (iv) that he is precious; (v) that we can increase in confidence in him; (vi) that we should desire to please him; (vii) that we should long for his return.
Under the point about our desire to please Christ, Pink writes: 'It is at this point particularly that the genuineness of our profession may be tested and proved. Have they a faith in Christ who make no effort to learn His will? What a contempt of the king if his subjects refuse to read his proclamations! Where there is faith in Christ there will be delight in His commandments, and a sorrowing when they are broken by us. When we displease Christ we should mourn over our failure. It is impossible seriously to believe that it was my sins which caused the Son of God to shed His precious blood without my hating them. If Christ groaned under sin, we shall groan too.' If we claim to believe in Christ yet persist in evil, what kind of faith do we claim to profess? Surely not a faith that truly understands Christ and our sin!
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