M AY RADIO MESSAGE RELATED TO CHRIST
by D. Stuart Briscoe
O NE OF THE SIMPLE SECRETS of a dynamic Christianity is living in lationship to the Lord Jesus Christ. This is of vital importance. The Bible gives us a very beautiful picture of the relationship He intends to have exist between human beings and the Saviour. In Romans 7 :4 we read, “Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law of the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fru it unto God.” When we took the Lord Jesus Christ as our own personal Saviour, as fa r as God is concerned, we are married to Jesus Christ. What a very beautiful picture this is. It is also, however, a rather frightening one. Those of you who are married have gone into all the wonders of this union.and experience blessed of God. If you are happily married you know, too, what a thrill and delight it is to love someone so much that you just want to share all that you are and all that you have with them. This is ex actly what the Lord Jesus Christ has in mind for us. Is this the basis of your experience with the Saviour? I have met so many pitiful Chris tians who have no relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ at all. They are just saved and that is all. They have gone no further. It is one thing to stand at the front ,of a church to get married, but it is another to share in all the situations and problems day by day. Everything is dependent upon your love. We can say all sorts of things, and profess all sorts of things, and do all «-urts of things, but the Bible makes it quite clear that profes sion means little if practice is not real. This is a very searching thought. We must give heed to it in these days when so many people live defeated lives. It is not the question as to how
much you love the church, or your Christian service, or even your Bible. The question is how much do you love Jesus Christ? Sometime ago one of your presi dents spoke about the dropping of the first atomic bomb. He is purportedly to have said, “This is the greatest event in the history of the world.” I have grave doubts that such an evaluation could be placed on this. Actually, the resurrection of Jesus Christ was the greatest event in the history of this world. Our Saviour demonstrated that He is greater than sin, death, hell and the devil. He arose in mighty victory over all the things which would mar and spoil our daily experience. One day every knee will bow before Him. Every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. He has risen in mighty dynamic victory over all things that would defeat us. The glorious relationship God in tends for married people to enjoy is to be nothing less than the similar relationship whereby you are in touch with the Lord who is risen from the dead. Do you have problems? Of course you do. Do you have fears? No one is without them. Do you have a be setting sin? In all probability this is true. The depth of relationship exists ing between you and the risen Saviour will determine the degree in which His risen life is let loose in your body, giving victory over all the things that ruin your daily life! It is your re sponsibility to live in a vital dynamic relationship with Christ. There are some wonderful results to be achieved. One of the happiest days in my life was when I got mar ried. Another was the day when my first little boy was born. Still another was when my little girl arrived. One more was when my second little boy came into the world. I wasn’t sur prised at all when these children came. As a result of our marriage experi- S
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