Wrong Attitudes- A Legalistic Mindset, Part 2 (TMF:570)

Friday, January 27, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- A Legalistic Mindset, Part 2 (TMF:570) - Daniel Litton
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       When each of us became saved, accepted Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior, we became completely accepted by God, among many other things. Since God imputed Jesus' righteousness and sacrifice for sins to our account, we were declared not guilty for all accounts of sin in our lives. When God looks at each one of us, he sees Christ's blood covering our sins. The Apostle Paul said that no one is made right with God, or accepted by him, by following a list of rules or laws. It is true that God still wants us to be pleasing to him, doing what is right in our day-to-day living. But this does not mean that we have to do a certain amount of good things before God will approve of us and look favorably upon us. God wants us to do good, and to seek to please him, but we are righteous no matter what. Even when we slip up and sin, God still accepts us. He does not withdraw from us and reject us. Jesus said, "behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20, ESV). This was written down for us also.