Hello, back again. You remember the doctrine of RECONCILIATION, don’t you? Oh, you’re fuzzy on it? Well, FAITH in reconciliation is absolutely necessary for your spiritual growth. Why? William Romaine explains in this excerpt from The Walk of Faith.
“Hast thou a good conscience, freed from guilt and condemnation, by believing the record which God hath given of His Son?
“Remember, this is thy privilege. Thou art called to the enjoyment of it. ‘There is NO condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus’ - they are freely forgiven ALL trespasses.
“Trust and be not afraid. Thou mayest safely venture to believe all that the Lord hath spoken. He will make it good, and the more thou believest, the more will be made good.”
The believer’s ability to cleave to God, and to walk with Him in love “ depends entirely upon a good conscience. The main point, then, in the Christian walk is to know how to maintain peace in the conscience.”
“While his conscience continues pure and undfiled, and the peace of God rules in it, all is well. But when guilt enters, unbelief certainly follows close after it, and then there is fresh controversy in the court of conscience. Many doubts arise, and afford matter for strife and debate. The sense of peace is not only disturbed, but is also destroyed, by such suspicions as these: ‘Is God fully reconciled to me?… He is certainly displeased with me, and therefore I dare not approach him, as I used to do, with love and confidence.’ This is an evil conscience. It is not purged from dead works, because guilt is still in it, and this keeps the soul at a distance from God. It begets a coldness and a shyness to him, and by shutting out the comfortable sense of his love, makes way for fear of wrath.
“… The heart follows the determination of the conscience, and cleaves to the Lord, or departs from him, according as the conscience excuses or accuses. It is therefore absolutely necessary for our peace, that we should know how God has shown himself reconciled in Christ Jesus….
“We stand in a state of perfect acceptance, conferred by sovereign grace; brought into it by unchangeable love, and kept in it by the power of a faithful God.
“The heart of God is always one and the same towards his chosen people; for he loveth them freely… Here is a never-failing source of comfort to a believing heart. Meditate, O my soul, upon it.”
