Scripture
1 Corinthians 1:30 “God alone made it possible for you to be in Christ. For our benefit God made Christ to be wisdom itself. He is the one who made us acceptable to God. He made us pure and holy, and he gave himself to purchase our freedom.”
Observation
1) God made it possible for me to be in Christ.
2) Jesus made me acceptable to God.
3) Jesus made me pure
4) Jesus made me holy.
5) Jesus purchased my freedom.
It is all in the past tense. I am acceptable to God. I am pure and holy. I am free from the power of sin. It is a finished work. I do not have to strive to become acceptable, free, pure and holy. I already am. The work was completed at the cross. I receive and apply to my life what Jesus has already done.
Application
I do not strive to be pleasing to God. I live in what Jesus did for me. I receive it by faith and I live by faith. The Holy Spirit makes real to me what Jesus did for me. I do not have to add to the work of the cross. I just live in it. Praise God!
Prayer
Father I ask that I will no longer try to become acceptable to you but that I will truly believe you have made me acceptable. I am pure and holy. I am free from the power of sin. I am in Christ. I am your child. I am victorious. I am more than an over comer. I am free indeed!
