Thursday, December 10, 2009

Precious Faith

In the context of his discussion of trials, and how they prove our faith, Dr. Lloyd-Jones defines talks about what faith is:

Faith is this extraordinary principle which links man to God; faith is this thing that keeps a man from hell and puts him in heaven; it is the connection between this world and the world to come; faith is this mystic astounding thing that can take a man dead in trespasses and sins and make him live as a new being, a new man in Christ Jesus. That is why it is so precious.


And faith is given to us by God. Isn't that amazing? God wants us to have this precious gift, this link between Him and us, this connection between the here and what is to come. This is a wonderful, amazing truth to ponder over as we contemplate the babe who came to usher it all in.