Christ in our place.

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something that i have been reading a lot over the past few weeks, and been thinking about, is this passage. it never ceases to amaze me that this is true. and that God would do this for His enemies, sinners...us. you. me.

Romans 5:6-11
6 for when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 for scarcely for a righteaous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.
8 but God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
10 for if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
11 and not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

and as a result of this joy in being reconciled, we are to live for Him. give ourselves fully to God. our bodies. our thoughts. our hearts. our souls. every second. every action.

Romans 6:11-14
11 likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
13 and do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
14 for sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under the law but under grace.

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