Because of Christ, We Have Liberty

"Without Me, ye can do nothing." "Christ liveth in me!" "I am crucified with Christ!" "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me." Such things are true. They are true whether I believe them or not. But whether or not I believe them affects how I think.

"Our flesh is very creative. It knows how to refine itself. It knows how to polish itself. It knows how to perfect itself. But it is still flesh! And it is rotten to the core." As Jerry Benjamin artfully explains, this is exactly why the Christian life begins when Christ reigns at the core.

"We have what we need to come to faith and spiritual maturity!

The old adage "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not to thine own understanding" carries tremendous weight for a New Testament Christian. As believers, do we believe what God says is true about who we are? Have we or have we not been made the very righteousness of God in Christ?