SIN'S EXIT (5)

KNOWING THE EXIT
Misidentifying spiritual goodness within prevents us from recognizing the exit-ramp from self-destructive cravings. Failing to spot God’s way leads us to hope we will discover some other way of escape. However the only reliable off-ramp is the one God provides. It is, “Christ in you the hope of glory.” That hope is attained only by realizing and acknowledging His presence within. This spiritual recognition is what the Bible means when it uses the phrases translated, “knowledge of the truth”, “knowledge of the Son of God”, or “knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”. Jesus identified himself as the exit when He declared, “I am the way, the truth, and the life…” Then He also disclosed the method for taking God’s exit saying, “Then you will know the truth (Me) and the truth (I) will set you free.”
Upon recognizing or knowing our exit we can then focus on the Spirit of Christ within. Like a driver at the steering wheel, we are inevitably drawn in the direction of our focus. Facing God in this manner turns our gaze away from the freeway of self-destructive compulsions and onto God’s Son, the Exit.
2 Tim. 3:7, Col 1:27, 1Tim. 2:4, 2 Tim. 2:25, Titus1:1b, Eph. 4:15, 2Pet. 2:20a, John 14:6, Heb. 12:2+15 At first glance focusing on the off-ramp of God seems like a daunting idealistic expectation but in fact it is the easiest part of exiting from a self-destructive compulsion. Please continue on to the sixth “Exit” post for the details.