• The Story Of The Chair

  Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 22, 2024 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  1 John 5:10-13, Romans 8, Ephesians 4:30-32

  Tags:  Grace, Mercy, Trust, Salvation, Cross, Assurance, Blood Of Jesus, Faith In Christ, Works  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Those of you who have heard of Evangelism Explosion by D. James Kennedy

know the illustration of the chair.

You know, a person can say ‘Yes, I see that chair. That’s a chair. I acknowledge that’s a chair.

I believe that’s a chair. And I think that chair could hold me up if I sat in it.’

But until you’re sitting in the chair, you are not actually personally trusting in the chair to

hold you up. You may theoretically believe that the chair will hold you up, but

until you are putting your whole weight onto that chair, you are not personally,

actively, practically trusting in that chair to hold you up.

When we put our trust in Jesus Christ, to borrow the language of the hymn writer, we “wholly

lean on Jesus’ name.” That’s why the Catechism uses that beautiful word…"we rest", as a synonym for trust.

We rest in Christ.

We cease our own strivings.

We cease to trust in ourselves, in our deserving, in our good works.

We rest in Him alone.

We rest in the finished work of Christ on the cross for our salvation.

- Precept Austin