Without Christ!
Ephesians 2:12
'Without Christ"! A more miserable condition cannot be
conceived! It is bad enough to be without money, without health, without a
home, or without friends. But, it is far worse to be without Christ! No tongue,
can tell the depth of wretchedness and misery that lie in those two words.
There is no poverty like this, no need like this. Yet, this is the condition
that we were all in, when God laid hold of us by his mighty grace - "At
that time ye were without Christ". And this is the condition some of you
are still in.
When
Must We Say That A Person Is Without Christ? To be sure, all men are
without Christ by nature, Sin has separated us from God. A man is without
Christ when he has no knowledge of who Christ is, what he has done, and where
he is now. The purpose of preaching the gospel is to inform men of the person
and work of Christ. Yet, it is not enough simply to know the historical facts
concerning the person and work of Christ. You may know all that is to be known
about Christ, and still be without Christ. A man is without Christ when he has
no heart faith in Christ.
What
Does It Mean To Be Without Christ? Paul points out five solemn deprivals of the soul without Christ. Without
Christ you are "aliens from the
Don Fortner