Wednesday | 02 July 2025
A person demonstrates that they have not resisted the prevenient grace of God because they are enabled to look on Christ whom they have pierced through their sin. That is, they see the implications of their sin and that Jesus died with them under the resulting condemnation. They begin to mourn with godly sorrow, leading to the works of repentance. 2Co 7:10. Zec 12:10. They are able to do this by the prevenient grace of God, and the regenerative capacity of the word.
As a person keeps Christ’s commands, there will be notable changes in their life. They will find deliverance from addictions; healing of past hurts; relief from spiritual torment, and so on. Because of the deliverance they are finding, they will love Christ and will glorify God. They are rejoicing in ‘amazing grace’!
The hearer loves Christ by keeping His commands. For this reason, Jesus said that the Father would love them, and that He would also love them. Furthermore, Jesus said that He would personally make Himself known to them, saying, ‘He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.’ Joh 14:21.
The Father demonstrates His love for the hearer who loves Christ by sending the Spirit of His Son, Jesus Christ, into their heart. Note that the Spirit of the Son is sent into their heart first. This is when Jesus, in identity, makes Himself known to them. He comes to abide in the heart of the hearer, which is distinct from their spirit. When the Spirit of Christ comes into a person’s heart, the Father also comes to abide in their heart, for the Son and the Father are one. Joh 14:10.
Further Study:
John 14
References:
2Co 7:10
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
Zec 12:10
And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
Joh 14:21
He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.
Joh 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.