In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace. Ephesians 1:7
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” I peter 2:24
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One of the things I realized is that whenever I start my day without confessing the truth about myself, my day gets challenging. you and I must confess who we are in Christ on a regular basis. Our faith is as strong as our confession. We have the responsibility to see ourselves as God sees us, and to remind ourselves who we are in Christ; Or else, the enemy will try to convince us otherwise. We need to be firmly planted on the Word of God to be able to resist the devil's attacks. If you are a person who struggles with certain things I suggest you write them down on a poster board and place them on your wall. A battle is something to take seriously and you and I are facing spiritual warfare. We really have a common enemy. We have already been redeemed. The blood of Christ already provided us with the victory. All we need is to accept it and confess it.
I am increasingly amazed at the number of Christians who do not understand redemption. We are redeemed by the blood of Christ.
To be redeemed means :
1) To place firmly in a desired position.
2) To cause to come to rest.
3) To put in order.
My favorite definitions include:
4) To atone for; compensate and acquit, reinstate, restore and save.
My friend, the blood of Jesus restored us. We were acquitted of wrong doing. We were eternally saved. We are reinstated in the family of God. Jesus Christ took our punishment and we became like Him. We now have the same power that raised Him from the dead in us. Jesus took our punishment on His body. Jesus took death in our place. We were healed. We were made Whole. We were forever changed. We were redeemed. Some Christians either do not believe it or cannot believe it because they think they are not worthy of such great love. They think that it could not possibly be this easy. But I tell them, you are right. It was not easy to die like Christ on that cross. He suffered a great deal. They are right in assuming that they were not worthy of eternal life but the blood of Christ redeemed/changed that and made us worthy. That is why Jesus Christ is called the redeemer. He offered us (Those of us who accept Him)eternal life. We have eternal life now. His death provided us salvation from eternal death. we now have abundant life. The abundant life isn't something we will have in the future. We already have it now. We receive it the moment we accept Christ as Lord and Savior.
Friend, your sins are forgiven. You have eternal life. It was done. You are healed. You are made whole. It does not matter what you hear, what you see, what people are saying and what the doctors are trying to tell you. The truth is Jesus died in your place. He gave you power to win. Fight the good fight of faith. Believe God's truth about you and hang on to it until you see Him face to face in Glory.
For though I am far away from you, my heart is with you. And I rejoice that you are living as you should and that your faith in Christ is strong. Colossians 2:5
Praise the Lord!
