God is spirit, I am flesh and spirit. So how do we gain access to this God who is spirit? We access God through faith. Is my faith then the access point to God? No because then I would be placing my faith in my faith, and this is no good. Access to God is through Jesus. "I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved." (John 10:9) Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except though me." (John 14:6) "For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit." (Ephesians 2:18) "In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence." (Ephesians 3:12)
To re-phrase my favorite devotional from Spurgeon: we are not to look to the strength of our hand by which we are grasping Christ, but to Christ. We are not to look to our obedience to Christ, but to Christ. We are not to look at our affections for Christ, but to Christ. We are not to look to our repentance toward Christ, but to Christ. We are not even to look to our faith in Christ, though that be the means, but to Christ. We will never find happiness, joy, and salvation by looking within. We must continually look outside of ourselves to the person and the work of Jesus Christ!
We gain access to God by looking to Jesus. Do you believe that?
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