The characteristic of a disciple is not that he does good things,
but that he is good in his motives, having been made good by the
supernatural grace of God. The only thing that exceeds right-doing is right-being.
Jesus Christ came to place within anyone who would let Him a new
heredity that would have a righteousness exceeding that of the scribes
and Pharisees. Jesus is saying, “If you are My disciple, you must be
right not only in your actions, but also in your motives, your
aspirations, and in the deep recesses of the thoughts of your mind.”
Your motives must be so pure that God Almighty can see nothing to
rebuke. Who can stand in the eternal light of God and have nothing for
Him to rebuke? Only the Son of God, and Jesus Christ claims that through
His redemption He can place within anyone His own nature and make that
person as pure and as simple as a child. The purity that God demands is
impossible unless I can be remade within, and that is exactly what Jesus
has undertaken to do through His redemption.
No one can make himself pure by obeying laws. Jesus Christ does not
give us rules and regulations— He gives us His teachings which are
truths that can only be interpreted by His nature which He places within
us. The great wonder of Jesus Christ’s salvation is that He changes our
heredity. He does not change human nature— He changes its source, and
thereby its motives as well.
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