Intro: I have two
questions for you! Are you a saint or sinner? Now in God’s eyes, are you a
saint or sinner? God calls us saints 101 times in the K.J.V. How many
Christians do you know who have been forgiven of their sins but still do not see
themselves as a saint, but a sinner still
struggling with the past and unable to forgive themselves..
Some Christians feel
condemned in themselves because they have let God down in some way.
And they go on trying to
please God by their works and efforts to keep His laws. But the bible plainly states that:
Romans 3:20
(NLT) No one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law
commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are. Romans 5:20-21 (NLT)
20 But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant.
21 So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. We are made right with God by His wonderful grace through Jesus Christ.
20 But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant.
21 So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. We are made right with God by His wonderful grace through Jesus Christ.
The bible says in Colossians 1:26-28 (NKJV) 26 The mystery which has been hidden
from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them [saints]
God willed to make known what are the riches
of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope [confident
expectation] of glory. 28 Him we
preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may
present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
The mystery is that Christ
actually lives within the believer. When God looks at you, He sees Christ in
you. He is our hope of spending eternity in glory.
This is the truth of the Indwelling
Christ—that Christ actually lives within the hearts and lives of believers
and that His presence is their guarantee of living forever in glory and being
righteous in our standing before God. The presence of Jesus is a living,
eternal presence. He died, but He did not stay dead. He arose and conquered
death; He arose to live forever. Now think: if Jesus Christ is living forever
and He dwells within the believer, then that means the believer lives
eternally. He never dies. Everyone
who has Christ dwelling within will be presented as perfect before the Father
God.
Romans 8:1
(NLT) So now there is no condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus.
Because
we are in Christ & He is in us, we are no longer condemned in God’s eyes.
We must see ourselves as God
does. Don’t condemn what God has forgiven in Christ.
Romans 6:1-14
(NLT)
1 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace?
2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
3 Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death?
4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
5 Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was.
6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.
8 And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him.
9 We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.
10 When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God.
11 So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.
12 Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.
13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.
14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.
1 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace?
2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
3 Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death?
4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
5 Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was.
6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.
8 And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him.
9 We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.
10 When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God.
11 So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.
12 Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.
13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.
14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.
We are not to see
ourselves as sinners, but because of Christ in us we are dead to sin. It no
longer has power over us because we have been crucified with Christ. We have
died to sin and are to consider
[think through the truth of] ourselves
as crucified with Christ and therefore dead to sin and alive to God through
Jesus Christ. Galatians 2:20 (NLT) My old self has
been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.
So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and
gave himself for me. We are to live daily in Christ Jesus as we
surrender our lives daily to Him and pursue Him through time alone in prayer,
bible reading, study and meditation. We
should be thankful and surrender our lives to Jesus and be obedient to Him. Jesus
in you is the hope of glory.
This is the way to be
fully pleasing to God the Father.
Invitation: Is Christ in you? Do you have the hope
of glory! Pray and ask Jesus to forgive your sins and invite Him into your life
right now to give you the hope of glory and eternity in Heaven!
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