By one offering He has perfected forever those who are being
sanctified. —Hebrews 10:14
“We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we
think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. 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. “…Christ Jesus…became for us wisdom from God— and
righteousness and sanctification and redemption…” (1 Corinthians 1:30) […] No
matter who or what we are, God restores us to right standing with Himself only
by means of the death of Jesus Christ. God does this, not because Jesus pleads
with Him to do so but because He died. It cannot be earned, just accepted. All
the pleading for salvation which deliberately ignores the Cross of Christ is
useless […] We protest by saying, “But I don’t want to come that way. It is too
humiliating to be received as a sinner.” 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.[…] The atonement by the Cross of
Christ is the propitiation God uses to make unholy people holy.” CHAMBERS
Jesus’s blood, his sacrifice on the cross, covers us ..
forever. Oh, but you say, we are going
to have new bodies one day .. but it is the Cross that makes that
possible. We are never going to be
independent .. there will never be anything eternal that we can claim as ours
alone … it is by grace, because of the love of God. The word “propitiation” actually is a reference
to the Mercy Seat that sat on the top of the Ark of the Covenant (Yes the
Indiana Jones – Ark) . It was on the
Mercy Seat that the blood offering was poured to atone for the sins of
Israel. That satisfied God’s wrath for
their sins. Conviction leads us to confession
which leads us to realization … realization that Jesus is the Way and the Truth
and the Life. (John 14:6) The only way to the Father is Jesus. Understanding
the significance of that … having that be our motivation for living the new
life … has spiritual roots. It is not a
truth our flesh will be drawn to. It is a
truth that our hearts must yield to. It’s
a life-long struggle … you may lose a battle now and again .. but good news ..
Jesus has won the war. ELGIN
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
Charley Elgin
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