To live is Christ is to live deep within both the forgiving grace and the restoring justice of Christ’s cross. It is a refusal to accept injustice and a desire to see the purifying judgment of Christ cleanse this world of all evil.
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
To live is Christ is to live deep within both the forgiving grace and the restoring justice of Christ’s cross. It is a refusal to accept injustice and a desire to see the purifying judgment of Christ cleanse this world of all evil.
To live is Christ is to know that Jesus became one of us, facing the same injustice, and conquering the injustice in our own hearts so that we might no longer be fatherless. So that we might commit our lives to the God who strengthens the heart.
To live is Christ is to resist becoming cynical in an unjust world. It is believing that, in Christ, God has never forgotten us; he sees it all, knows it all, and is with us through it all.
To live is Christ is to always trust God’s final justice, but to do so with great humility, knowing that we too deserved the punishment of the cross.
“To live is Christ” means we are justified by God’s grace. No more guilt (victimizers) and no more shame (victims). Christ’s imputed righteousness has made us whole.
“To live is Christ” means we now have the justice and righteousness that God requires imputed to us in spite of us.