I'm not a sinner. I'm the sinner. That's what you have to get in mind. The Pharisee (the law keeper) beats his chest and looks up to heaven praying out loud in public to God proclaiming all that he has done for the Lord. But the tax collector can't even raise his eyes toward heaven praying, "God have mercy on me, I was born a sinner."
You must come to grips with your own sin before you can see the magnificence of the cross and what Jesus' death and resurrection means to you personally. Daily we must know why Jesus died for us and what he sacrificed and put to death on that cross. Daily we must put to death our egos. Daily we must see the defeat over sin as God's victory and not our own. To God be all the glory and praise! Honour Him with our lives daily; feed the hungry, uphold the rights of the oppressed, clothe the naked. Without love and faith it is impossible to please Him. Daily feed yourself with His word and meditate on it. Daily pick up your cross and follow Him.
You must come to grips with your own sin before you can see the magnificence of the cross and what Jesus' death and resurrection means to you personally. Daily we must know why Jesus died for us and what he sacrificed and put to death on that cross. Daily we must put to death our egos. Daily we must see the defeat over sin as God's victory and not our own. To God be all the glory and praise! Honour Him with our lives daily; feed the hungry, uphold the rights of the oppressed, clothe the naked. Without love and faith it is impossible to please Him. Daily feed yourself with His word and meditate on it. Daily pick up your cross and follow Him.
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