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April.26.06: Light for the Day - "It
Happened to you"
-- Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ;
it is no longer I who live, but Christ Lives in me;
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
Faith
in the Son of God, who Loved me and Gave Himself for me.
-- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, those are in Christ become New persons.
They are Not the Same anymore, for the Old Life is gone.
A New Life has begun!
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Our salvation takes care of our internal security, and our identification takes care of our daily walk of victory. By identification, I mean that
Christ's life now mine and mine His. "It is not longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Galatians 2:20). What happened to Christ at
Calvary happened to me. Christ was crucified, I was crucified. Christ was buried, I was buried. Christ was raised, I was raised.
Identification is the theme song of Romans 6. When we are identified
with Him and have accepted that by faith sin's power is broken,
we are free to walk in the Spirit, liberated to become the persons
God want us to be. It is Christ Jesus living His life in us and through
us as individuals. Our relationship to Him is that we are saved,
we are forgiven, we are accepted, we are children of God.
We are secure in the Cross. We can have the peace and assurance
that our daily walk is pleasing and honorable to Him. ...
One who is safe and secure in the love of God and sustained by
His grace no longer hears from a distant God. He now listens to
Someone who loves him enough to bring him to a Personal
Relationship, and that makes all the difference.
-- Charles Stanley
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-- John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His
Only Begotten Son,
that whoever Believes in Him should not perish
but have Everlasting Life.
17 For God did not Send His Son into the world to Condemn
the world, but that the world through Him
Might Be Saved.
-- John 6:40
For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son
and Believes in Him shall have Eternal Life,
and I will Raise him up at the last day.
-- John 5:24
I tell you the Truth, whoever hears My word and Believes
Him
Who sent Me has Eternal Life and will not be condemned;
he has crossed over from Death to Life.
-- Titus 2:14
Jesus gave His Life to Free us from every kind of sin,
to Cleanse us, and to Make us His very own people,
totally Committed to Doing what is Right.
-- Titus 3:5
He Saved us, not because of any works of Righteousness that
we had done, but according to His Mercy, through the Water of
Rebirth and Renewal by the Holy Spirit.
-- Romans 8:1-2
1 There is therefore now No Condemnation to those who are in
Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh,
but according to the Spirit.
2 For the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has Made me
Free
from the law of sin and death.
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-- Romans 6
1 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us
more and more Grace and Forgiveness?
2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin,
how can we continue to live in it?
3 Or have you forgotten that when we became Christians and
were baptized to become one with Christ Jesus, we died with
Him?
4 For we Died and were Buried with Christ by Baptism.
And just as Christ was Raised from the dead by the
Glorious
Power of the Father, now we also may Live New Lives.
5 Since we have been United with Him in His death,
we will also be Raised as He was.
6 Our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might
lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.
8 And since we died with Christ,
we know we will also share His New Life.
9 We are sure of this because Christ Rose from the dead, and He
will never die again. Death no longer has any power over
Him.
10 He died once to defeat sin, and now He lives for the Glory of God.
11 So you should consider yourselves dead to sin and able to Live
for the Glory of God through Christ Jesus.
12 Do not let sin control the way you live;
Do not give in to its lustful desires.
13 Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness,
to be used for sinning. Instead, give yourselves completely to
God since you have been given New Life. And use your whole
body as a tool to do what is Right for the Glory of God.
14 Sin is no longer your master, for you are no longer
subject to the
Law, which enslaves you to sin.
Instead, you are
Free by God’s Grace.
15 So since God’s Grace has set us Free from the Law,
does this mean we can go on sinning? Of course not!
16 Don’t you realize that whatever you choose to obey becomes
your master? You can choose sin, which leads to death,
or you can Choose to Obey God and Receive His
Approval.
17 Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have
Obeyed with all your heart the New Teaching God has given you.
18 Now you are free from sin, your old master, and you have
become slaves to your New Master,
Righteousness.
19 I speak this way, using the illustration of slaves and masters,
because it is easy to understand. Before, you let yourselves be
slaves of impurity and lawlessness. Now you must choose to be
Slaves of Righteousness so that you will Become
Holy.
20 In those days, when you were slaves of sin,
you weren’t concerned with doing what was right.
21 And what was the result? It was not good,
since now you are Ashamed of the things you used to do,
things that end in eternal doom.
22 But now you are Free from the power of sin and have become
Slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to
Holiness
and Result in Eternal Life.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the Free Gift of God is
Eternal Life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
-- Galatians 6:7-8
7 Do not be deceived; God is not mocked,
for you reap whatever you sow.
8 The one who Sows to please the sinful nature,
from that nature will reap destruction;
The one who Sows to Please the Spirit,
from the Spirit will Reap Eternal Life.
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-- John 3:3
Jesus replied, "I assure you, unless you are Born Again,
you can never see the Kingdom of God."
-- Ephesians 4:22-24
22 You were taught to put away your Former way of life,
your
Old self, Corrupt and Deluded
by its Lusts,
23 And to be Renewed in the spirit of your minds.
24 You must display a New Nature because you are a New person,
Created in God’s Likeness
-- Righteous, Holy,
and True.
-- Romans 12:2
Don’t copy the Behavior and Customs of this world, But let
God
Transform you into a New person by Changing the way you think.
Then you will Know what God wants you to do, and you will
Know
how Good and Pleasing and Perfect His Will really is.
-- Philippians 2:13
For God is Working in you, Giving you the Desire to Obey Him
and the Power to do what Pleases Him.
-- Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s Masterpiece.
He has Created us Anew in Christ Jesus,
So that we can do the Good things He planned for us long ago.
-- Philippians 1:6
And I am sure that God, Who began the Good Work within you,
Will continue His Work until it is finally finished on that
Day
when Christ Jesus comes back again.
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-- Revelation 3:20
Listen! I am standing at the door,
knocking;
if you hear My Voice and Open the door,
I will Come in to you and Eat with you, and you with Me.
-- Romans 4:7-8 (Psalm 32:1-2)
7 Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
8 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin.
-- Psalms 51:10
10 Create in me a Pure heart, O God,
and put a New and Right spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your Presence,
and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the Joy of Your Salvation,
and sustain in me a
Willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your Ways,
and sinners will return to You.
-- Romans 5:1
Therefore, having been Justified by Faith,
we have Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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