Where do I..?

Yo guys,

I got to talk with my brother MT the other day. It has been great being able to spend time together and just talk about whatever. The other day I was feeling really uncertain about what would happen if I didn't make it back from Carp. (Link here). Well, that night I had asked him to pray for me. He asked 'why?' when we met up this week, and I explained.

Basically, as MT put it, I had been confusing my condition with my position.

You see, when we accept Christ's forgiveness for our sins, not only are we forgiven we are also made righteous. Jesus took our sin and traded it for His righteousness. He seated us in the Heavenly realms with Him. (Eph 2:6)

News Flash: People are sinful.

We don't change overnight. God changes us to reflect His image more and more each day as we follow Him, but sometimes we will fall a little bit. Sanctification, being made holy, is a lifelong process. But it doesn't change our position before God as being righteous and blameless in Christ.

So, ya, this comes back to the question of Christ dying for our sins. Did He die for just the ones I have already done? Already gone through? Already confessed about? or did He die for all of them?

"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." (1Pet3:18)
"so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him." (Heb9:28)

But the most interesting one of all is the following:

"For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy." (Heb10:14)

He had made perfect forever those who are being made holy. Even though we are still in that sanctification process, we have been made perfect forever. In Christ, no matter where we are along our walk and our process, having accepted Him as Lord, having accepted His forgiveness, we are made perfect.

So, ya, MT really encouraged me that my position before Christ does not change even though what I am experiencing sometimes may change.

Ya.

Ttyl.

D.Fa