Romans 4:4-5. 4Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5And to the one who
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
Romans 4:4-5. 4Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5And to the one who
Proverbs 6:20-21. 20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. 21Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.
What if the life of Christ credits you with a perfect score, and it credits God with a perfect score? What if we could live in the freedom of a life free from score keeping and simply walk by faith with God in his never ending grace and love? What if to live is Christ?
“To live is Christ” means we are the righteous who are alive by faith in Christ, and are now living out that faithfulness of Christ. No matter what. No matter how dark it gets. No matter how hard. We who have been freely given righteousness now able to live each moment by faith in the God of our salvation.
“To live is Christ” means having the justice and righteousness of God imputed to us in spite of us. Now we can sing our humble songs of praise as we look forward to the day of the Lord part two. The day of Christ’s return. The day of judgment. Why? Because we have already passed through the judgment of Christ’s cross and been granted the justice and righteousness of our Savior.
Genesis 15:6. And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. We come now to what is possibly the most comforting,