I guess one of the most difficult things for a christian is to be what God has already declared him to be. 2 Cor.5:17 "Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold new things have come." And in Rom.5:1 "Therefore having been justified by faith,we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Yes we are declared to be righteous through our faith in Christ!
Why then is it so difficult to walk it out daily? Maybe it is that we don't see ourselves the way God does. He sees us in His son with whom He is well pleased.
We are saved from the wrath to come because God has already poured out the wrath; reserved for me on His Son when He suffered on the cross.
So now we can work out our salvation in fear and trembling knowing that we are free to do so. It was for freedom that Christ set you free so that sin need not reign in your mortal bodies. Even so consider youselves to be dead to sin but alive to God.
When we were dead in our trespasses and sins, we were dead to the things of God, but now we are made alive to the things that God has for us. By the grace of God we can be what He has made us to be. Amen!
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