Genesis 2:17. but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of
Tag: Self-righteousness
TLIC PROVERBS. NOVEMBER 30: THOSE part 4.
Proverbs 30:14. those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from
TLIC PROVERBS. NOVEMBER 28: THOSE part 2.
Proverbs 30:12. There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth. Over the course of four verses,
TLIC Psalms. June 17. All in vain.
Union with Christ allows us to fight against our own resentment of God and “sinners,” and our resistance of God’s fierce attack against our remaining self-righteousness, as he replaces it with the righteousness of Jesus.
TLIC DAILY. DAY 278. OCTOBER 5: GAIN CHRIST.
“To live is Christ” means every loss in life is the opportunity for glorious gain. The gaining of a deeper knowledge and a fuller feeling of the love of God in Christ. This is the great contradiction of Christianity, the paradox of the gospel. Gaining is losing, but losing is gaining. Gaining Christ.
February 15, 2020. Day 46: Witnesses against yourselves.
“To live is Christ” means trusting in Christ’s life alone as our witness. Never our own commitment level or words of promise. These will always testify against us. Only Jesus and his righteousness will bear witness for us on the day of judgment. May he be the only witness we call to the stand today and every day until he calls us home.
To Live is Christ 