Jesus' Sacrifice Makes Us Truly Good (TMF:1003)

Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Peace to Live By: Jesus' Sacrifice Makes Us Truly Good (TMF:1003) - Daniel Litton
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       Our next Fruit of the Spirit: goodness. Part of the Christian life is living in a way that is overall good, a way that is like that of the Lord Jesus Christ (becoming more like Christ). We are to display goodness in character, and to be good at all we do. We work heartily, as unto the Lord, with good effort. Indeed, goodness is part of the definition of a Christian. We are truly good in God’s eyes because of what Jesus has accomplished for us by his dying on the cross. By trusting in Christ’s sacrifice for us, we have been made right in God’s sight. God looks at us through rose-colored glasses, as some have said, seeing the blood of Christ when he looks upon us. This means God sees us as perfect, as sin-free. Our definition for each of us then comes from our position in Christ, that we are completely sanctified in him, by his blood. We are not defined by who we are in this world, by what we do for a living, or by who we are friends with. Christ is our definition. Recall, the Apostle Paul said, “For me to live is Christ” (Philippians 1:21, ESV).