Jesus Comes To Your Imperfect House (Psalm 10:17; Luke 19:5 6)
When Jesus makes his home in us, he does the housecleaning that is necessary for him to dwell with us. Some habits may change but our inclination to sin and to disobey God is still in our house. It may be in the basement, but it’s there. Zacheus and Martin Luther both knew the depravity of their condition and they both depended on the goodness of their Lord to live with them in this depraved condition. Luther wrote a letter to his friend George Spenlein in 1516, reflecting this condition. “Beware, my brother, at aiming at a purity which rebels against being classed with sinners. For Christ only dwells among sinners. For this He came from heaven, where He dwelt among saints…If He, thy Lord, had only lived among the good, or had died only for His friends, for whom then would He have died, or with whom could He have lived?” So know that your foundation of faith is Jesus who dwells within your sinful self in all your wicked, selfish, sneaky ways. Jesus is with you.
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