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OCTOBER 28
WE MAY HAVE BOLDNESS
“Herein is our love made
perfect, that we may have
boldness in the day of
judgment: because as He is,
so are we in this world.” (1
John 4:17)
What is this boldness? The
Greek word is “parrhesia”
meaning: FREE UTTERANCE, and
also translated as
confidence. It means there
is no stuttering and
stammering because of a
sense of inferiority and
inadequacy. When we stand
before His judgment seat, is
it possible that we shall
have this confidence,
boldness? Yes! For when He
has made us, “AS HE IS,”
clothed us with the glory of
Himself, the shame and
humiliation of our old “self
nature” will be gone, passed
away as a dream in the
night. Psalm 84:7 declares,
“They go from strength to
strength, every one of them
in Zion appeareth before
God.” It is this being
CHANGED from glory to glory,
going from strength to
strength, that will climax
in our being able to stand
before Him in confidence.
There is a state of
equality, of being
joint-heirs with Christ,
which has yet to be realized
and understood, but such
revelation can only come out
of that which is FULFILLED
in a state of being, not out
of theory and man’s
doctrine. This is not a
glorification of our
humanity, nor something
which the flesh can revel
in, for it bespeaks the end
of flesh and self, that we
might be clothed upon with
HIMSELF – hence the equality
when we stand before Him,
for it will be a manifold
expression of Himself.
Conformed to His image, a
partaker of His divine
nature, one in His will,
spirit of His Spirit, we
shall be “as He is.” No
wonder there is boldness in
the day of judgment. No fear
of God passing sentence upon
us, no trembling in
inferiority, no groveling in
shame, because we shall have
CONFIDENCE, true free
spokenness, blessed
communion. True, there will
always be that awesome
reverence, the fear of the
Lord, humility before Him,
but without slavish fear,
without terror, without
shame.
“Behold, if our heart
condemn us not, then have we
confidence toward God.” (1
John 3:21). No condemnation
to us-ward in Christ, only
that flow of love and full
salvation which gives us
this victory!
Ray Prinzing |
