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Such a beautiful and wonderful truth! It is impossible for me to express the thankfulness this brings to my heart. This is a realistic post on our identity in Christ. Thanks for sharing this Cyndi!

Khris - What an encouragement you are to me! Thank you for commenting!!!

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I removed the earlier comment because it had a typo I thought I had caught.

If done properly, widening the context narrows the way. I 2nd Khris.

Peace,
Tom Usher
Real Liberal Christian Church

Amen to that Cyndi! We are now new creations all because of the blood of Jesus Christ. And yes you're so true that we also had been made righteous and worthy through that blood. I can remember Abraham's faith that was credited to Him as righteousness.

God Bless you Cyndi!

I have been thinking about similar things. :) God is so good to us and we don't even appreciate it, half the time! I am so glad for moments like this when we understand some of His wonderful truths.

Tom,
Very interesting. Do you mean if we stay biblical and open our minds we are more likely to find the narrow road that Jesus talked about?

Mikes,
Thanks for your faithful visits. And what a good point about Abraham. I should have put that in! lol

Tawny,
Isn't it wonderful when God does the same things independently through different people and then brings them together? Yes, God is good!

Hello Cyndi-

I fear writings on this subject in the Bible may give some a false sense of security. I read that forgiveness is something which is offered for those who have committed sins only after they accept Christ into their lives. I see this recognition and acknowledgment of Christ as a turn of the page on ones’ faith as once a Child of God realizes they should be living testaments to the teachings of Jesus; sin is no longer an option.

Matthew 5 touches on this where we are taught the Blessed shall receive Heaven’s riches, but if the salt looses its savor, it will be cast out – and “Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven”.

My eyes see Jesus as the Son of God and though his life here on Earth rather than living the live he could have lived, devoted every essence of his being to teach us what we will need so that we may enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. I’m afraid that just because he did this, does not mean every soul will be destined for eternity.

Blessings,

Thank you, ku-ryan. You wrote: I’m afraid that just because he did this, does not mean every soul will be destined for eternity.

Clearly Scripture teaches that the gift of salvation must received by faith. (John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.)

That is why I wrote: "The sacrifice of Jesus (received by faith)..."

I appreciate your visit to my blog!

Cyndi, you wrote, "Do you mean if we stay biblical and open our minds we are more likely to find the narrow road that Jesus talked about?" Absolutely that's what I mean.

You were troubled when viewing the text in just a portion (covered). When you widened the context, you found more of the narrow way (cleansed). We were sinners and can stumble. We can though get back up, and the occasional stumble doesn't drop us all the way to wallow in the mire as before. We work finding righteousness, which gets us to live that way more and more (fewer interruptions, deviations, and distractions, etc.), not stuck up but wanting to be of greater and greater service to righteousness itself (who is God) and, of course, for the sake of the many.

The blood does clean us. There's no doubt about it. It's amazing. It is miraculous. It does promote more of the same process, and righteousness is the narrow way. Your post helped me to see it more and to speak it better. It reinforced.

We are synergizing righteousness right here and now. That's what Christianity is supposed to do. Where there is one with light and another with light joins, the light is greater than the sum of its parts.

Thank you, Sister Cyndi, for not banning me for being a nonconformist.

I had not thought about that before, that our self-esteem comes from from those three things and that Christ's blood not only covers us, but actually changes us, makes us new. Blessings! Jenny

Tom,
You're welcome ... Jesus Himself was a nonconformist to his culture, especially his "religious" culture, yet He conformed perfectly to Scripture. That is all that matters. Thank you for answering my question. I think it's very insightful. And I do believe that as a Body we can be so much more than we can be alone. In fact as Scripture talks about how each part of the Body needs the other, I don't think we can offer anything of value without other believers in our lives.

Jenny,
I love your visits to my blog! Thank you for your comment. Glad to have shed some light on the subject. :)

~ Cyndi

nice ficture and thanks for sharring!!!

Thanks for your visit, along!