Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Romans 7:25, “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.”
The preposition “through” reveals that Christ is the means through which we handle everything in our lives.
For example, in the verse above Paul says, “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
The context of this statement tells us that Paul could not handle his flesh by himself.
He was a defeated, wretched, and miserable man.
He had tried with good intentions to obey God’s command, but apart from Him he was a failure.
But then Paul breaks out with, “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
Now it is through Jesus Christ.
This indicates that He is my source to handle myself.
He is the means through which I overcome my problems.
He is the source I interact with when facing temptations.
As my source, Christ is the One through whom I handle and touch everything in my Christian life.
The preposition in Greek is translated “because of.”
The Lord uses this preposition in John 6:57 to show us that He is our portion: “As . . . I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me will live because of Me.”
By eating Christ, we take Him into us.
He becomes the source of our spiritual nourishment and supply.
We live because of Him.
By our eating Him, He becomes the life-source of our daily lives.
We can testify that we live because of Him.
He is our source.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
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