March 18, 1984
To become a Christian is nothing less than to have your life transformed. Before Christ’s intervention, the state of any human soul is alienation. In fact, we weren’t just separated from God; we were His enemies! But now, since Jesus has taken our sins to the cross, we can be reconciled to God, freed from the deadly effects of sin and made holy. As Alistair Begg reminds us, however, what happens after reconciliation is critical: we must persevere in faith, which gives evidence of God’s good work in our lives.
21zAnd you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, adoing evil deeds, 22he has now reconciled bin his body of flesh by his death, cin order to present you holy and blameless and dabove reproach before him, 23eif indeed you continue in the faith, fstable and steadfast, not shifting from gthe hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed hin all creation7 under heaven, iand of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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