Written by Bryan O’Keefe, a contemporary lawyer and writer.
When you have true faith in Jesus, everything flips. Your life is no longer about your record or your achievement or trying harder but about HIS record and what HE did for you. And when you intellectually recognize the enormity of the sacrifice, you then more willingly obey the law, out of fullness of heart, to show love for the one who loved and died for you – despite all of your imperfections. This is the central message of Christianity. Its radical. It’s astounding. It’s different from every other religion which says “just try harder and God might reward you.” It might be different from the Christianity that you thought you knew…But this is the heart of the Gospel and it’s tremendously liberating…The secret to a better life is not endlessly trying harder—it is resting in the glory of what has already been done for you
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. [Romans 8:1]
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