I Cannot Realize It   

Question: Why is it I cannot realise it?
Answer: What do you mean? "I see that Christ has borne my punishment, and that God is perfectly satisfied with what He has done; but, somehow or other, I cannot realize that I have everlasting life." Your mistake is, you are taken up with the realizing of your mind instead of with the realities of God's salvation. Suppose for some crime you were sentenced to a term of imprisonment, with the option of paying a large penalty. A friend pays the amount in full, and brings you a receipt; would you then be afraid of going to jail? "No." Why not? Because of your "realizing" or "graspings"? "No." Why would you not be afraid? "Because the ransom had been paid." Would you not require to "realize" or "grasp," or "lay hold" of the money in your mind? "Certainly not."

    God in His Word tells you that Christ has given Himself a ransom for you" (1 Tim. 2:6), and on the ground of what He has done you may be saved. Do not think of your "realizing," but believe in the reality of His death for you, and you will then know that you are saved, and all your sins forgiven.

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