Jesus > Sin

We all struggle with guilt and shame over our past sin or even sin that we are living in now. We all struggle with truly allowing ourselves to be cleansed by Jesus’ blood. We allow ourselves to be tricked by our minds, our own worst enemy, into thinking that there is no way that we can possibly be cleansed. We let guilt from the enemy rule our lives and define the way that we see ourselves. We let the lies of evil penetrate our minds and allow those lies to torment us.

Colossians 3:3-4 says: For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Those of us who follow Christ are no longer slaves to sin. Our old sinful selves have died and been buried. The past is covered by Christ and has been hidden from sight by the grace of God so that we no longer dwell in the consequences of our sin. We have been set free in the life of Christ who came and conquered sin and death. Our new life is Christ and when he appears in his glory, we too will appear with him in glory.

Christ’s sacrifice for us brought us out of our enslavement to sin and set us free to share in his glory. We have been sanctified and justified through his grace and our faith. When God looks at one of his followers he no longer sees us, he sees us through Jesus. Jesus came to be all that we could never be and lived a perfect, sinless life so that he could bear the weight of our sin. By doing so, he conquered sin and set us free so that we are now able to be saved by his grace alone and nothing that we have done. When he looks at his followers he no longer sees depraved, destitute rotting creatures, he sees us draped in Jesus’ glory with no fault or sin. Jesus’ paid the price so that we can appear with Christ in his glory.