{via}Christ suffered & died...
To Free Us from the Futility of Our Ancestry (1 Peter 1:18-19) - "When Christ died, God had a view to the relationship between us and our ancestors. He meant to set us free from the futility we inherited from them. That is one of the great reasons Christ died."
To Free Us from the Slavery of Sin (Revelation 1:5-6, Hebrews 13:12) - "Now, for those who are trusting Christ, the power of God is not in the service of his condemning wrath, but his liberating mercy. God gives us this power for change through the person of his Holy Spirit... May the God of all grace, by faith in Christ, free us from both the guilt and slavery of sin."
That We Might Die to Sin and Live to Righteousness (1 Peter 2:24) - "The beauty of Christ, who loved me and gave himself for me, is the desire of my soul. And his beauty is perfect righteousness. that command that I now love to obey is this: 'Present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness' (Romans 6:13)."
So That We Would Die to the Law and Bear Fruit for God (Romans 7:4) - "We have died to law-keeping so that we might live to fruit-bearing. Fruit grows naturally on a tree. If the tree is good, the fruit will be good. And the tree, in this case, is a living relationship of love to Jesus Christ. For this he died. How he bids us come: Trust Me. Die to the law, that you might bear the fruit of love."
To Enable Us to Live for Christ and Not Ourselves (2 Corinthians 5:15) - "This is love-suffering to give us everlasting enjoyment, namely himself."
To Make His Cross the Ground of All Our Boasting (Galatians 6:14) - "Being dead to the world means that every legitimate pleasure in the world becomes a blood-bought evidence of Christ's love and an occasion of boasting in the cross. When our hearts run back along the beam of blessing to the source in the cross, then the worldliness of the blessing is dead, and Christ crucified is everything."
To Enable Us to Live by Faith in Him (Galatians 2:20) - "From the divine side, Christ is living in us and enabling us to live the way he teaches us to live. It's his work. But from our side, it's experienced by trusting him moment by moment to be with us and help us. The proof that he will be with us and will help us do this is the fact that he suffered and died to make it happen."
p.s. go listen to this song. no, really... do it!
To Free Us from the Futility of Our Ancestry (1 Peter 1:18-19) - "When Christ died, God had a view to the relationship between us and our ancestors. He meant to set us free from the futility we inherited from them. That is one of the great reasons Christ died."
To Free Us from the Slavery of Sin (Revelation 1:5-6, Hebrews 13:12) - "Now, for those who are trusting Christ, the power of God is not in the service of his condemning wrath, but his liberating mercy. God gives us this power for change through the person of his Holy Spirit... May the God of all grace, by faith in Christ, free us from both the guilt and slavery of sin."
That We Might Die to Sin and Live to Righteousness (1 Peter 2:24) - "The beauty of Christ, who loved me and gave himself for me, is the desire of my soul. And his beauty is perfect righteousness. that command that I now love to obey is this: 'Present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness' (Romans 6:13)."
So That We Would Die to the Law and Bear Fruit for God (Romans 7:4) - "We have died to law-keeping so that we might live to fruit-bearing. Fruit grows naturally on a tree. If the tree is good, the fruit will be good. And the tree, in this case, is a living relationship of love to Jesus Christ. For this he died. How he bids us come: Trust Me. Die to the law, that you might bear the fruit of love."
To Enable Us to Live for Christ and Not Ourselves (2 Corinthians 5:15) - "This is love-suffering to give us everlasting enjoyment, namely himself."
To Make His Cross the Ground of All Our Boasting (Galatians 6:14) - "Being dead to the world means that every legitimate pleasure in the world becomes a blood-bought evidence of Christ's love and an occasion of boasting in the cross. When our hearts run back along the beam of blessing to the source in the cross, then the worldliness of the blessing is dead, and Christ crucified is everything."
To Enable Us to Live by Faith in Him (Galatians 2:20) - "From the divine side, Christ is living in us and enabling us to live the way he teaches us to live. It's his work. But from our side, it's experienced by trusting him moment by moment to be with us and help us. The proof that he will be with us and will help us do this is the fact that he suffered and died to make it happen."
p.s. go listen to this song. no, really... do it!
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