1) Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.
2) Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.
-Romans 5: 1-2 NLT (emphasis added)
I read these two verses the other night and was struck by verse two. "Undeserved privilege." It sums up a very basic idea of Christianity in that we don't deserve to be saved (think Romans 3:23). Yet, God loves us anyway. Amazing. And, Christ died for us anyway. Wow.
To me, this is a reminder that a relationship with God is an opportunity we have been given by Him -- because He WANTS it, not because of anything I've done. This isn't meant to be a negative, where we focus on our sinful nature and tendency to screw up that relationship. We're going to sin. If the Holy Spirit is in us, however, we will have the desire to steer away from sin as much as possible.
Bottom line -- this is a hope verse. God is patient with us. We have the opportunity to pick ourselves up after stumbling (with His help, of course) and "confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory."
-Lee Clarkson
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3 comments:
Praise God that we have a chance to be redeemed by HIM. Well put, brother
Lee,
Very insightful! When considering it with the scripture that states we are joint heirs with Jesus, it can get pretty mind boggling. We are adopted sons and daughters of God and have therefore been given rights and blessings as joint heirs. What a tremendous undeserved privilege! And with great privilege comes great responsibility. See...this can get deep and is worth of careful study so we can glean all God intended. Thanks for stimulating this mediation on the word of God. I love it!
Tammy
Oops, I meant meditation not mediation. I guess you can figure that out. My bad.
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