May 24
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REFORMATION? I hear a lot about “reformation” in our day. There are reformed churches, reformed doctrine, reformed preachers and reformed believers, everything seems to be “reformed.” The word “reform” means to “improve” or to “make better.” If “reformation” means to improve myself or make myself better, then, I don’t need reformation! What I need is a perfect righteousness. I surely can’t find any hope of eternal life in trying to make myself better, especially when God requires perfection. I don’t need “reformation;” I need “regeneration.” I don’t need to get my heart right; I need a new heart that is right. The lost sinner doesn’t need to just change their way; they need to change their God. I don’t need to make myself “better;” I need to be made “perfect.” I don’t need reformation, I need a “new creation,” which can only be found in Christ.
DL Edmenson