Oct 11, 2018
Jesus gave himself for
us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are
his very own, eager to do what is good. Titus 2:14
Jesus didn't die just
to forgive our history, He died to change our destiny.
How does poisoned water become pure again?
The common approaches are evaporation or dilution. While both can make the water useable, they
are seldom complete in purifying the water.
Toxins are still evident after a filtration process, and dilution never
completely removes them. The only answer
is replacement.
That’s what made God’s challenge of turning sin-filled
people into holy children so difficult.
He could try to filter or purify people with His law, but there was
still the seed of sin left in us. And
since sin cannot enter the presence of true Holiness, we were destined for
hell. So Jesus made Himself into a human
to be a replacement for us. By
sacrificing Himself as payment for our sin, He turned us into Holy
Children. His purity replaced our
impurity. His Holiness replaced our
sinfulness. God didn’t dilute or divide
our sin, He replaced it.
But that’s not the best part. When Jesus took on the cross, He replaced our
destiny as well. Not only was our past
forgiven, our future was replaced as well.
Not only do we have access to God, we have fellowship with Him. That means we are NOW able to live
differently, to have authority over sin, to be victorious against temptation, and
to produce great results in THIS life!
Jesus didn’t just die to forgive our past, but to change our future.
So often, people look for Jesus to be a toxin remover. We keep seeing the scars of sin and the
temptations of life to draw us back into sin, and don’t recognize the full
healing we have received. But Jesus
doesn’t want us living in the past, He wants us to focus on the future. Why would we let our new purity be corrupted
again by sin? Our freedom from sin
permits us to live eagerly for Him!
Don’t go back to sin, choose to live for Him. Live in the purity that Jesus paid so much to
give us. Be pure water again.
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