The
only protection you have against the judgment of God is to live right before
Him. You will not be able to offer God anything but the blood of Jesus to avoid
His wrath. Justice will prevail. All sin will be punished once and for all.
And, the only way you will be able to live right before God is by living in
Christ. If Jesus is not in charge of your life, changing you, and imparting His
righteousness in you, you don't have any chance at all of living a life that
pleases God.
We cannot obey God or
be like Him without Christ. The only hope we have is Christ. You cannot earn
God's favor, only Christ can do that. The sooner we accept this truth, the
better off we will be. Jesus alone satisfies God's justice. He did all that can
be done in order for us to be right with God on the cross. We cannot earn God's
acceptance. It is by faith alone, accepting Jesus as our Savior and trusting in
His atoning work on the cross that saves us.
It is impossible to
live right before God apart from a personal relationship with Christ. Only in Christ are we able to have confidence
that when we die we will be accepted by God.
Life in Christ is eternal life.
The only assurance that we have that we will be accepted by God is to
live moment-by-moment in Christ. Christ
cannot protect you if you wander away from His protective care. It is imperative that we stay closely
connected to the Lord, for we do not know when death will come upon us. And, the only way we are going to stay close
to God is by maintaining a strong commitment to the disciplines of faith. No one can stay close to the heart of God
while neglecting the disciplines of the faith.
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