The Law in 90 Days: Leviticus 16-18
SCRIPTURE READING
John 6:40 (NIV); For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him
shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
For a number of years, the evangelical Christian’s mandate has been: believe in Jesus. If we can
just get someone to believe in Jesus, they will be saved. But we’ve watered down the meaning of
the word. We treat belief as a one-time deal. Like a carnival game, if you can just knock the pin
down one time you will win the giant teddy bear; if we can just get someone to “believe” in Jesus
one time then they’re good to go. But a confession of faith is not a formula or a magic phrase.
The early church understood “believe” to be a continual action, not a one-time thing to be done, but
rather something that you are doing. This is why Jesus said that whoever believed in Him would
OBEY His commands. This is why He said that in the last days many would fall away, but it would
be those who endured till the end who would be saved. Paul strove to practice his own preaching so
that he himself would not be disqualified from eternal reward and the prize of heaven.
To believe is to have confidence in the truth or reliability of something. A disciple of Christ holds to
this truth: he trusts the reliability of the faithful God; she is confident in the promises of Scripture.
It is God’s will that all who seek Jesus will believe in Him: will continually trust the reliability of His
character and daily put their confidence in Him as the perfect Rabbi.
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. In what area of your life do you need to actively believe in Jesus today? Ask the Holy Spirit to
empower you to trust firmly in the Lord, and to be confident in Him.
2. Ask God to reveal aspects of His character to you that you can focus on today. Let Him show
you through words, pictures and Scripture.
3. Is there someone you’ve lead to Christ, or influenced spiritually? Have you dropped the ball in
any way, thinking that a one-time confession of faith was enough? As we grow as disciples, we
need to bring others on the journey. Confess any laziness and ask God who He wants you to
bring on the journey today. How can you do it?
