“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:” Col 1:21-22
Satan has his way of belittling your worth and causing you to focus on your flaws rather than the favour of God. Causing you to find yourself alienated and guilty by your wicked works that prey on your mind and creates a subconscious image that haunts us. Paul encourages us to fret not. By way of Christ having made peace through the blood of the cross, he has reconciled you unto himself (vs 20). And because of his work, no matter how you see yourself, the scars and blemishes you focus on are unseen by God! Through Christ, God sees you blameless and approved and has no memory of your sins: “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” Isa 43:25 What you hold against yourself you hold alone, God does not hold your sins to his thought. No matter how engulfing your fire of guilt burns a drop of God’s mercy distinguishes all. God’s love is not based on what you are, but in who Christ is!.
Holiness is not the way to Christ, Christ is the way to holiness!
HSAY… Todd
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