Her Greatest Wisdom

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THIS testimony was written by a senior in high school. Her English teacher asked each member of the class to write a 500-word composition, choosing a title from a given list. Since it would be the last composition she would ever write in high school the writer decided to make it a final testimony for her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, choosing the title, “The Most Commendable Thing I Ever Did.”
The most commendable thing I ever did was to accept Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour. I am a sinner — God says so (Romans 3:10, 2310As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (Romans 3:10)
23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23)), and my own heart admits it. I know there are many things that I have done that were not commendable, and many things that I should have done and did not. Yes, I am a sinner, but, praise God, “I now am a sinner SAVED BY GRACE.” “For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Eph. 2:8, 98For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8‑9).) “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)).
But what does it mean to accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour, and why is it so commendable? To accept Jesus Christ is to believe all that God says about Him: that He “died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures” (1 Cor. 15: 3, 4); and to believe it not only with your head, but with your whole heart, so that it affects your life, and makes you want to live for Him who died for you. When you do this the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in your heart forever and enables you to do the things that are pleasing to God (John 7:3939(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) (John 7:39); Romans 8:2-4, 8, 92For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:2‑4)
8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (Romans 8:8‑9)). But remember, it is Christ’s death for you that saves, not your life for Him (Romans 5:6-9; 3:24-286For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Romans 5:6‑9)
24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. 28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. (Romans 3:24‑28)).
And now we can see why it is so very commendable. Commendable? Nay, it is the one important thing every one should do! First of all, it is God’s earnest desire. He would have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:44Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:4)). Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:66Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)). He is the only One who can solve all our problems, both national and personal; He is the Friend who can and will help us, if we trust in Him; and above all, He is the only One who can deliver us from the awful penalty of our sins, and restore us to fellowship with God. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:1212Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)).
“Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.” Luke 13:2424Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. (Luke 13:24).
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