“But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God; and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.”
—1 Corinthians 1:30
OUR ONLY HOPE in life and death is being united to the Savior, Jesus Christ. When we have true faith in Jesus, we are spiritually united to Him and receive all His benefits. By faith, we receive the imputation of Christ’s perfect righteousness and are reconciled to God. By faith, Jesus nails ALL our sins to the cross. By faith, Jesus makes us favorable in God’s sight. By faith, we are adopted into the family of God, and by faith all our sins are cast as far as the east is from the west, never to be remembered against us again (Psalm 103).
BY FAITH IN CHRIST, we are reckoned as the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 5:21), and there is truly no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1), who have passed from eternal death into eternal life because of Christ’s work on their behalf (John 5:24). Oh, what peace and comfort the believer experiences because we are reconciled to God the Father through the perfect law-abiding life and sin-atoning death of God the Son, Jesus Christ! Praise His name, this day and always, because of the glory of His grace toward us who are in Christ Jesus. “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor. 5:21).
Tuesday Encouragement: January 28, 2025
In Christ,
Pastor S. Henry
