What Jesus won on the Cross wasn’t just your ticket to heaven. He fought eternal spiritual death and He won on your behalf! That victory is now yours to claim by faith alone, with no credit offered to the believer. Jesus killed death and then raised us to life!

God wants you to be fully aware of the permanent upgrade your spirit received when you were born-again. While this upgrade is clear to your heart, your head spends its entire life growing into the reality that you are now a perfect reflection of God’s own glory.

Because of God’s great love for us He gave away His identity, hiding it in the heart of all believers. Under the Old Covenant the only way to experience God was from the outside. Under the New Covenant God has planted His own glory in you to shine anywhere and everywhere you go!

It’s understandable for humans to be drawn to a set of rules as a means to please God. It takes guts to believe that the universe’s most precious prize, right-standing with God, now comes as a gift – Not to be earned by rule-keeping, but to be received by faith in what Jesus did. Don’t be hard-headed, rejecting the Gospel. Choose God’s righteousness and rest in this amazing New Covenant!

Trusting in the gospel should be a constant experience in your human life. There is so much encouragement to be found in the amazing truth of Grace, which demonstrated how insanely valuable you are to God. Don’t just listen to the Gospel. Act like it’s true – making you holy, righteous, and blameless in God’s eyes!

You may not always see circumstances turn out the way you want. So what? You will have plenty of chances to be discouraged based on what circumstances you face next. That’s why Scripture encourages us to keep our eyes on what Jesus has done for us, preparing a place that we’ll get to enjoy for all eternity!

The law of Moses was fine-tuned to perfection. Every jot and tittle, from the smallest letter to the smallest stroke of that letter, was flawlessly crafted and was to be honored as such by perfect adherence. The pressure and impossibility of keeping up the pace of perfection is what makes God’s gift of grace so extravagant – By faith in what Jesus did you are considered righteous, without any consideration of your law-keeping ability!

The Spirit of Christ Himself has taken up residence in your spirit. You are His home! Jesus is not a renter who might abandon you one day – He’s a permanent resident, promising to never take His presence from you.

Jesus is so much greater than the Law! God’s standard of perfection is demonstrated in both Christ and Moses – Choose Christ and righteousness comes as a free gift. Choose Moses and you have to work for the reward, which by the way, is unattainable. Look to Jesus as the daily reminder that you and God are united forever, not hinging on your best effort, but reliant on Jesus’ finished work.