Who Do You Think You Are?

Ask yourself some questions: how much really changes in your life because of your study of God’s Word? How much information can you repeat and yet you still rebel? How many times have you said enough is enough, but you went right back to the poison well of the same old sin? Think about this mirror illustration. Ancient mirrors were made of polished metal. They produced only a distorted reflection. God’s Word functions as a spiritual mirror of perfect clarity. It shows us what is in our hearts, and how we need to change, and yes, how to do it, as we will see here in this text. But a superficial look at our true self results in a life of rebellious self-deception. We can look into the mirror over and over again and never look any different. To be a doer requires more than a mere look. The point is that believers must do more than hear the truth or know the truth, they must act on the truth, and then they will experience the truth.

I keep looking into the mirror of God’s Word to see the depths of my sin, to see how my sin is an offense to God, not just an inconvenience for me. I keep looking so that I see where I need to be changed, and then I see the glory of His grace which has forgiven me for my sin, but which will also lead me out of that sin, and so I act on that in faith.