In Scripture the word let is a word of consequence. Let can mean to permit or allow but it implies submission in its biblical context.
Is God sovereign? Yes! Is man responsible? Yes!
God’s purpose is to transform Christians into the image of His Son. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:10). God is sovereign and He will accomplish His purpose.
Man is responsible. Transformation takes place as we submit to God in obedience. We can only do this through the power of the Holy Spirit who indwells Christians from the moment we trust in Christ. The enabling power of the Holy Spirit makes our submission and obedience possible.
The following saying is attributed to Ken Collier (The Wilds of North Carolina): Only two choices on the shelf, serving God or serving self. We must die to self. The apostle Paul said, I die daily. Dying to self is already made possible for the believer. Paul writes; I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20). We must consider this to be so.
Believers have been made dead to sin. God gives us commands, but He has already provided the means to perform them. The means to perform are accessed by faith. Faith is a firm persuasion or conviction brought about by hearing and hearing by the Word of God (W.E. Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words).
What makes you and I think that we can live the Christian life without making the Word of God (our source of faith) the most integral part of our daily walk with the Lord?
Faith is a gift from God that comes from His written Word. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17).
……let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…..
If all of this seems foreign to you, perhaps you have not let God have His way with you in salvation:
Let Jesus Come Into Your Heart
If you are tired of the load of your sin,
Let Jesus come into your heart;
If you desire a new life to begin,
Let Jesus come into your heart.
Refrain:
Just now, your doubtings give o’er;
Just now, reject Him no more;
Just now, throw open the door;
Let Jesus come into your heart.
If it’s for purity now that you sigh,
Let Jesus come into your heart;
Fountains for cleansing are flowing nearby,
Let Jesus come into your heart.
If there’s a tempest your voice cannot still,
Let Jesus come into your heart;
If there’s a void this world never can fill,
Let Jesus come into your heart.
If you would join the glad songs of the blest,
Let Jesus come into your heart;
If you would enter the mansions of rest,
Let Jesus come into your heart.
Lelia N. Morris, 1898
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