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Pay AttentionPosted May-21-07 06:22:32 PDT For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
II Corinthians 5:14-15,17
Everything that Paul and his companions did was to honor God. Christ's love controlled their lives. Because Christ died for us, we also are dead to our lives, our desires, ourselves. Like Paul, we should no longer live to please ourselves; we should spend our lives pleasing Christ, who died for us and rose from the grave. Christians are brand-new people on the inside. The Holy Spirit gives them new life, and they are not the same anymore. We are not reformed, rehabilitated, or reeducated-we are re-created (new creations), living in vital union with Christ. At conversion, we are not merely turning over a new leaf; we are beginning a new life. At the time that we accept Christ, we gain eternal life. We are promised to live together with God in Heaven forever. With that promise we also inherit something else. The part of himself that Christ has imparted to us is perfect. It is that part of ourselves that we need to cultivate through prayer and Bible study. I am not perfect, but Christ in me is perfect. I need to pay attention to what Christ is telling me to do. Pay attention to the One who has all the answers.
God Bless you,
J.H.
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