For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. Hebrews 8:7, NIV We only emphasize that Christian life we are in is not based on another form of religious ritual but on a covenant. The question is what type of covenant are you in? Is it a covenant of religion or a covenant of love? It should be a covenant of love. Love is a person and that is God (see 1 John 4:16). The covenant we are in is a covenant based on who He is and not on who we are. It's based on what He has done and not on what we have done. When you sign an agreement form, you understand what type of covenant or agreement you are signing in. And this is the reason why still many Christians missed the true essence of Christianity. It's because they don't understand the covenant they are in. In result, many are so called Christians are still living a life like they don't have Christ. There's no real transformation happened. They think Christian...
Imagine your old struggling phone will be replace by your loved one a new and latest Iphone 13 as a gift? What will be your feeling? Of course you will feel overwhelmed and grateful.
This is also what happened to us. Our old struggling self, who always trying to be a right person has been replaced by a brand new person. No matter what kind of right doings we still do for ourselves, at the end, its still an old self.
But here's the good news. We are now a brand new person in Christ. How and when does it happen? It happened at the cross 2,000 years ago. It happened when our old self has been crucified with Christ (Romans 6:6) . So obviously, our old self today has died.
This is good news! We have been given a gift of a brand new person. A gift accomplished by another person and that was our Lord Jesus Christ finished work on the cross
You are no longer a repaired person but a brand new person in Christ. You are 100% new creation apart from your works. Surely, the old has gone and the new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17). God is not seeing you in your mistakes. He sees you in Christ. He sees you as forgiven, holy, righteous, His beloved child. May you see yourself the way how God sees you. You are highly favored, greatly blessed, deeply loved in your position in Christ.
Thoughts Of The Day:
"I am 100% a new creation in Christ apart from my works"