Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
This is the result of the cross – eternal redemption. All who are in Christ will live every day, forever, in the glory of Christ’s freeing sacrifice for sins. Every debt paid. The disease of sin cured. Christ’s own blood redeeming us unto “to live is Christ.”
“To live is Christ” is living in the full assurance of the New Covenant promises of God in Christ – every sin graciously forgiven and God’s law of love emblazoned upon our minds and hearts. It is living with Jesus + nothing as our hope. And finding him to be enough.
Now we can draw near to God with all the confidence in the world, knowing that we will only be met with grace and mercy. Never judgment or condemnation. Never rejection or retaliation. Only the very real active help in time of need of knowing that our salvation is secure, our future is with God, and our present is “to live is Christ.”
This rest for our souls is only possible in Christ. Only when his accomplishments are enough for you. Only when his record is all you are relying upon. Only when “to live is Christ.”
Remember, this is NOT about exhorting others to have more faith in their faith. It’s about exhorting one another to simply trust our Savior Jesus and our union with him. To remember that “to live is Christ” is a day by day experience of Jesus that lasts to the end, and beyond.
Our better David has set us free from the fear of death and dying. Now, like him, we can pass through the portal of death into glory. There’s nothing that stands in our way. The path is cleared The battlefield is empty. The giant is dead. All that remains is “to live is Christ.”
To Live is Christ 