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October 4, 2007
VERSE:
That is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were
sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
and by the Spirit of our God.
-- 1 Corinthians 6:11
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=1+Corinthians+6:11
THOUGHT:
Following a list of vices, both scandalous and common, Paul
finishes with this incredible word of grace. We all have a tendency
to live in the land of "I-used-to-be." For some of us, our past
accomplishments become our excuse to live in the arrogant afterglow
of yesterday. Paul wrote Philippians 3:4b-9 for this group. For
others of us, the wounds and sins of our past become the bag of
rocks we drag with us through the rest of life. We take those
"rancid rocks" out and inspect them once again to our misery. We
use them as proof of why we can't move on with our lives. What a
glorious awakening Paul gives us in this passage. In Christ, there
are no more bags and no more rocks. We're clean! We're made holy!
We're declared innocent of any wrongdoing. How? Why? Who? The
sacrifice and triumph of Jesus and the powerful work of the Holy
Spirit.
PRAYER:
Forgive me, Father, for lingering on yesterdays, ruining my
todays, and clouding up my tomorrows. Help me with my tendency to
live in the land of "I-used-to-be." Give me the courage to believe
that you have put my past in its proper place and want to do a new
glorious thing in me today, a glorious and gracious thing that
brings you honor and me salvation! In Jesus' name I thank you.
Amen.
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