What does it mean that you have died with Christ? God has made you a new creation in Christ and you are no longer under the reign of sin. You are reconciled to God and His Spirit lives in you.

What is the reason for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ? What significance do these things have for us today?

The death of Jesus actually accomplished something of infinite value for us. Our redemption.

This world is filled with troubles and strife. Jesus knew and experienced all of it. But He has also overcome the evil and trouble of this world, and since we are in Him we can have victory as well!

The righteousness of Christ is credited to our account by faith alone. We cannot earn it, because it was earned by Jesus himself, and is given to us freely.

Justification is a legal term, but what does it mean and how does it relate to Christians?

Our sin is an offense to God. But the God whose holiness we have offended, whose world we have spoiled, and whose wrath we have incurred sent His one and only Son to bear this wrath for us.

At the Cross of Christ, all of God’s wrath toward sin was poured out upon Jesus. There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ.

In order for love to be genuine, it must hate evil. God's wrath is His settled resolve that evil will not stand.

When God justifies us, he charges our sins to Jesus and He credits the righteousness of Jesus to us. We aren't justified by our performance, rather by faith, the perfect righteousness of Jesus becomes ours.