WEEK 47
THIS JESUS—
WHAT HE DID FOR ME_1
"Christ was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you, who through him are believers in God" (1 Pet 1:19-21 ESV).
"CHRIST indeed finds His people entirely destitute of holiness and of every desire after it, but He does not leave them in that state. He produces in them a sincere love to God and a real pleasure in His ways."1
JESUS delivered me out of this present evil age (Gal 1:4). He became to me wisdom from GOD (1 Cor 1:30).
A Christian finds that there is enough in Christ to make him holy, that, in simply taking his sins to Jesus, they are pardoned; in taking his strong infirmities, they are subdued; in taking his wants, they are supplied. In a word, he finds Christ to be his 'wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.'2
He is my sanctification and redemption (1 Cor 1:30). Through Him I am filled with the fruit of righteousness (Phil 1:11). In CHRIST I have been made complete (Col 2:10).
JESUS has been appointed for me (Acts 3:20). He suffered for me (1 Pet 2:21). He forgives all my trespasses (Col 2:13) and cancels my certificate of death (Col 2:14).
JESUS suffered that He might bring me to GOD (1 Pet 3:18). I am reconciled through His fleshly body through death. He presents me before GOD blameless and above reproach (Col 1:22). Salvation is not found in anyone else; in no other name but JESUS can I be saved (Acts 4:12).
I have been raised with CHRIST (Col 3:1). GOD makes me alive together with Him (Col 2:13). I have died and my life is hidden with CHRIST in GOD (Col 3:3).
Eternal life is the life of Jesus in us. He who has the son, has the life. And Jesus himself has promised, 'I will never leave you, nor will I ever forsake you.' He imparts his life to us through the Holy Spirit as an act of his sovereign grace when he miraculously regenerates us, cleanses us from all sin, gives us a new heart and a new spirit and causes us to be born again.3
He is in me (Col 1:27); it is no longer I who live but CHRIST lives in me (Gal 2:20). CHRIST is my life (Col 3:4). He will sustain me to the end, guiltless (1 Cor 1:8). And I will be revealed with Him in glory (Col 3:4).
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ENDNOTES
(47) This JESUS, Has Made Me Alive
- Abraham Booth, "The Motive of Sanctification," Free Grace Broadcaster 215 (2011) : 30.
- Octavius Winslow, "Christ and Sanctification," Free Grace Broadcaster 215 (2011) : 17.
3. Denny Johnson, "Going On to Maturity," NHC sermon notes, 11 July 2021: 7.
4. "And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him,"(Colossians 2:13 ESV).
5. "For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3 ESV).
6. Colossians 3:3.
7. " . . . that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus," (Acts 3:20 ESV).
8. " . . . wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come" (1 Thessalonians 1:10 ESV).
9. "And you . . .God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses," (Colossians 2:13 ESV).
10. "by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross" (Colossians 2:14 ESV).
11. " . . Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father . . ." (Romans 6:4 ESV).
12. ". . . Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God" (Ephesians 5:2 ESV).
13. "And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved'" (Acts 4:12 ESV).
14. "he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him," (Colossians 1:22 ESV).
15. "And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption," (1 Corinthians 1:30 ESV).
16. "and you have been filled in him . . ." (Colossians 2:10 ESV).
17. " . . . the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen" (Galatians 1:3-5 ESV).
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