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Your faith in what Jesus did is what gains you right-standing with God. Just like Abraham believed, and righteousness was credited, so too we simply believe in Jesus’s work as the Christ, making us perfectly right with the Father. Jesus is the completed will of God for all to receive a full pardon for their sins!
You are a gift to the Body of Christ – as Paul says, “You’ve been given a measure of the faith.” That is, you’ve been given a part to play in the operation of Christ’s body. Jesus is demonstrated through you to the world, so let’s properly represent Him so all can clearly see how much they are loved by God!
In Hebrews 11, Faith is not taught as a tool that believers use to get more stuff. Instead, it is taught as the coming means of righteousness, as demonstrated by the forefathers. The Church must protect the sanctity of the faith, guarding Biblical language that points the world to the only true source of life – Jesus!
The crucifixion of Jesus is the culmination of the will of God in the world. His plan and promise were fulfilled in that moment. Instead of trying to make that better by adding in human traditions, we should do like Paul said and “forget everything” except the brilliance of Jesus’ triumph in bringing God’s life to all!
Jesus accomplished God’s will for your life when He made righteousness available by faith alone. As His child, you are always in His will according to this promise. Instead of guessing and stressing try resting in this truth and enjoy your life, all because of what Jesus did!
Every life is filled with ups and downs. That’s just what Scripture sets us up to expect. The great secret, revealed in the New Covenant, is that God is always with you, even in life’s hardest. We don’t lose heart, knowing that God has something marvelous waiting for us, just on the other side of planet earth!
Because of what Jesus did, every believer has met God’s standard of absolute perfection. You are, therefore, well-pleasing to a holy and awesome God. What a triumph Jesus won at the Cross, bringing the world into union with God by simple faith!
We are instructed to walk by faith and not by sight. That is, we are considered righteous by faith while alive in this body. When we get to heaven, we won’t need faith but will see the result of our righteousness. This is not a suggestion to hold on until things get better. This is an instruction on just how to experience God’s eternal promise – by faith!
Jesus is the life of God. He is the essence and beauty of the Father. And His gift of eternal life is far superior to any threat of death in this natural body. Death isn’t the end for the believer. It’s actually the triumph of life as we enter our eternal promise!
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