He gave himself for us to set us free from every wrong and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.
Titus 2:14
He bought us with his life to save us a from a life of slavery to wrong to ownership to do right. To be eager to for it. Are we eager?
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteaousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21
He took the punishment for us. He volunteered.
Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.
Romans 4:7-8
Without Jesus there is no hope.
When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive-right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ's cross. He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the cross and marched them naked through the streets.
Colossians 2:13-15
The past me is gone, done. Move on. Look forward.
So, friends, we can now- without hesitation- walk right up to God, into "the Holy Place". So let's do it- full of belief, confident that we're presentable inside and out.
Hebrews 10: 19, 22
Just do it, full of confidence, no draw back, no " I think I do?" Just go to him.
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.
2 Corinthians 5:17-18
I think this means not only does God see you as new, but you need to as well. You need to act different, think different, respond different. It's a two way street.
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God. This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness- for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
Romans 4: 20, 22-25
Question of the day: What is the difference between "being" love and "showing" love? I'm not real sure. I think you can show love without feeling it at all. You can show mercy with an agenda, do good for others when it is for yourself. But being love is when you feel it and show it even if it does you little benefit.
