Is Christian a Noun or an Adjective in Your Life?

My Utmost For His Highest

“[…] The only reason for the forgiveness of our sins by God, and the infinite depth of His promise to forget them, is the death of Jesus Christ. Our repentance is merely the result of our personal realization of the atonement by the Cross of Christ, which He has provided for us. […] It cannot be earned, just accepted. […] God’s response, through Peter, is, “… there is no other name…by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). […] “In Him we have redemption through His blood…” (Ephesians 1:7). To identify with the death of Jesus Christ means that we must die to everything that was never a part of Him. God is just in saving bad people only as He makes them good. Our Lord does not pretend we are all right when we are all wrong. The atonement by the Cross of Christ is the propitiation [satisfaction of God’s wrath toward sin] God uses to make unholy people holy.” CHAMBERS

God sent Jesus because He loves us and because Jesus is the only way that we could be restored back to God.  You can never make it right with God through your wanting to or through your effort.  It is only because of Jesus that our sins are forgiven.  He is the essence of grace and mercy. It is so easy to forget that as we live day to day.  Our sins begin to pile up and we push them back in the corner of our minds .. our thoughts wander to other things .. things not quite so heavenly. The single most important thing in our mortal and eternal existence is no longer a noun but an adjective.  Who we are in Christ no longer defines us .. but is merely a characteristic like the color of our hair, or the school we attended.  This life we live in Christ requires focus and effort.  If we are not intentional every day, it will soon slip into the background.  Our light will grow dim.  And the purpose that God has intended for us will not be fulfilled.  So be alert!  Don’t forget “Whose” you are.  And ….

Colossians 3:16 “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” ELGIN

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)