Christ's Death Is For Our Life
1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Jesus, the creator and sustainer of all life, of all things gave himself so that we might escape hell? No. So that we might have a sugar daddy in the sky? No. So that we might have fellowship in a local church? No. So that we might have hope for the future? No.
Sometimes we get things mixed up because we want to mix it up. This verse is often quoted but seldom applied. We love the idea of God dying for us, that makes us feel very special as it should. But we forget as to why He died, the reason that is stated in this verse.
He died so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
His death was not just about saving us in our death it was and is about life. Life now, life abundantly, life that gives meaning. We have no life without His death, His death is meaningless if it has no effect on our lives, today.
Titus 2:11-13
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
The grace of God that brings us salvation is about training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives.
Those who portray Christianity as something that is good for the future while ignoring the present are deceived. Our salvation has three aspects to it. We are indeed freed from the penalty of our sins because of the death of Jesus but we can certainly look forward to a glorious future. The saving from our sins and the secure future are worth celebrating, but we are also saved today, right now , from the present power of sin in our lives and we need to live that way.
The benefits of being a Christian are benefits that are ours now, not someday. Our fellowship with God is now. Our love for our fellow man is now. Our lives have meaning, our deaths have purpose and our eternity is secured.
God's grace is not about an arrangement to avoid hell, although this is indeed wonderful, it is about loving God today, in public and allowing Him to use us to show the world who He is.
He, Himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that se might die to sin....that we might live to righteousness.
This is not legalism, this is freedom. This is not being judgmental to other lifestyles, this is being obedient to the one and only God. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Did yo ever wonder why God was never described as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Esau?
Perhaps Esau never really got it. Perhaps Esau allowed the present to be so important it destroyed what could have been. Perhaps Esau viewed God as one he needed for his future but not for today.
Jesus died on a cross, a cruel and agonizing death so that you and I might....die to sin and live to righteousness.
Dave Wager davewager.com
Jesus, the creator and sustainer of all life, of all things gave himself so that we might escape hell? No. So that we might have a sugar daddy in the sky? No. So that we might have fellowship in a local church? No. So that we might have hope for the future? No.
Sometimes we get things mixed up because we want to mix it up. This verse is often quoted but seldom applied. We love the idea of God dying for us, that makes us feel very special as it should. But we forget as to why He died, the reason that is stated in this verse.
He died so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
His death was not just about saving us in our death it was and is about life. Life now, life abundantly, life that gives meaning. We have no life without His death, His death is meaningless if it has no effect on our lives, today.
Titus 2:11-13
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
The grace of God that brings us salvation is about training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives.
Those who portray Christianity as something that is good for the future while ignoring the present are deceived. Our salvation has three aspects to it. We are indeed freed from the penalty of our sins because of the death of Jesus but we can certainly look forward to a glorious future. The saving from our sins and the secure future are worth celebrating, but we are also saved today, right now , from the present power of sin in our lives and we need to live that way.
The benefits of being a Christian are benefits that are ours now, not someday. Our fellowship with God is now. Our love for our fellow man is now. Our lives have meaning, our deaths have purpose and our eternity is secured.
God's grace is not about an arrangement to avoid hell, although this is indeed wonderful, it is about loving God today, in public and allowing Him to use us to show the world who He is.
He, Himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that se might die to sin....that we might live to righteousness.
This is not legalism, this is freedom. This is not being judgmental to other lifestyles, this is being obedient to the one and only God. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Did yo ever wonder why God was never described as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Esau?
Perhaps Esau never really got it. Perhaps Esau allowed the present to be so important it destroyed what could have been. Perhaps Esau viewed God as one he needed for his future but not for today.
Jesus died on a cross, a cruel and agonizing death so that you and I might....die to sin and live to righteousness.
Dave Wager davewager.com
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