So in living a life that moves forward. That accomplishes what we just mentioned lets look at
2 Corinthians 5:14-17
14Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. 15He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.
16So
we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one
time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How
differently we know him now! 17This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
Christ died for all and we then die to our old life. When we come to Christ we are admitting that we are sinners in need of a savior to avoid being punished for our sins. Jesus took the punishment so we don't have to, we just have to receive and believe in Jesus Christ. That recognition is what is being noted here. Christ died for us and we then die to our old life. Our way of doing life changes. Jesus died so when we receive Him we no longer live for ourselves. Think about it, how different would your life look if you stopped living for yourself and began living for others? I think you could spend a lot of time on just that idea and how it would change the world around you. I don't mean living for others for "recognition", but simply no longer for your benefit. It is this idea that we miss just about everyday of our lives. It is a poisonous idea floating around in the Church world today that we want to do what is convenient and works for me. We don't want to take the time to do what serves others.
What we need to understand then is that Jesus wants what is best for us. Problem sometimes being that we don't give up our old life and when life with Jesus isn't working out we cannot figure out why. The why is here, Jesus died so we give up and are free from our old way of life. We need to find ourselves living for Jesus and not us. When we do this we have put ourselves under the command of the person who loves us more than anyone possibly could. Someone who will care for us and keep us on track if we will just obey.
There are those that see Jesus from an outsiders perspective. That perspective of the world that religion is a crutch for only the weak goes away and you realize that it a relationship with Jesus is so much more than mans religion.
So get it... When put your faith in Jesus you become a new person. You can walk in it and know it to be true. It's not a about a feeling, it's a reality. When Jesus says you are a new person then you can believe it! Begin walking in that new life that Jesus has for you. Put away the old way of life and begin experiencing a new and better way of life. Trade in the old broken solutions to life's problems for the answer Jesus has been waiting to give you.
Christ died for all and we then die to our old life. When we come to Christ we are admitting that we are sinners in need of a savior to avoid being punished for our sins. Jesus took the punishment so we don't have to, we just have to receive and believe in Jesus Christ. That recognition is what is being noted here. Christ died for us and we then die to our old life. Our way of doing life changes. Jesus died so when we receive Him we no longer live for ourselves. Think about it, how different would your life look if you stopped living for yourself and began living for others? I think you could spend a lot of time on just that idea and how it would change the world around you. I don't mean living for others for "recognition", but simply no longer for your benefit. It is this idea that we miss just about everyday of our lives. It is a poisonous idea floating around in the Church world today that we want to do what is convenient and works for me. We don't want to take the time to do what serves others.
What we need to understand then is that Jesus wants what is best for us. Problem sometimes being that we don't give up our old life and when life with Jesus isn't working out we cannot figure out why. The why is here, Jesus died so we give up and are free from our old way of life. We need to find ourselves living for Jesus and not us. When we do this we have put ourselves under the command of the person who loves us more than anyone possibly could. Someone who will care for us and keep us on track if we will just obey.
There are those that see Jesus from an outsiders perspective. That perspective of the world that religion is a crutch for only the weak goes away and you realize that it a relationship with Jesus is so much more than mans religion.
So get it... When put your faith in Jesus you become a new person. You can walk in it and know it to be true. It's not a about a feeling, it's a reality. When Jesus says you are a new person then you can believe it! Begin walking in that new life that Jesus has for you. Put away the old way of life and begin experiencing a new and better way of life. Trade in the old broken solutions to life's problems for the answer Jesus has been waiting to give you.
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