Nailed to The Cross

Colossians 2:13-15 13. When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14. having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Since the days of Adam and Eve we are all born sinners. The moment that Eve and Adam took a bite of the forbidden fruit we were cursed. Every generation was cursed with a sinful nature since birth. So from birth we are in-pure sinful beings, and without the Blood of Jesus Christ we wouldn't have a chance to get eternal life. We were sentenced to DEATH and we deserved God's wrath. But because of the love that God had for us he sent his only son to die for our sins *John 3:16-17*. Even while we were in our sin he looked down on us with love and still wanted to die for us..(that's BIG). When Jesus was crucified on the cross that act of love dismissed all the condemnation, death, judgement and everything that is against us! Everything that we deserved was nailed to the cross with him so that we can spend eternity with God in heaven. Christ overcame the world and knowing that, you should be able to overcome ANY circumstance with Christ. He has given us the Power to overcome...

Ephesians 4:22-24. 22. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23. to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24. and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Whenever we become Born Again we are made new in Christ and all the old things have past away. We should no longer live in the old attitudes, old habits, old way of speaking and or thinking. It's like everything about you changes and you become and new better person in Christ. If our old way of life is OK with God then Jesus dieing for us was a waste of time and energy. Our sinful nature was the reason why he died for us, he loved us so much and he wanted us to be with him and the only way was through his death.*Jesus is alive and well by the way =)* If we choose Christ were choosing to live for him and only him. You can't be saved and also live like the rest of the world it just doesn't make sense it just doesn't work. All of our sinful desires and everything we used to live for should have been crucified with Christ when we start to follow him. Its confusing when you meet a christian man/woman but they act like the world. Its a huge Pet Peeve of mine when i see on TV or in person people who claim Christ and say that they are saved or born again but they act like idiots..lol..its SO annoying because it says to the rest of the world "YOU CAN BE A CHRISTIAN BUT STILL DO WHAT U WANT ACT HOW U WANT AS LONG AS YOU GO TO CHURCH AND READ A BIBLE NOW AND THEN" and that's FAAAAAAARRR from what a follower of Christ really is. Don't pay attention to them please. We should strive for holiness...be determined to stay on the straight and narrow. So its time to get rid of the old person and put on the new one.

2 Corinthians 5:17. 17. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ , he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Now that you have been made new everything in your past means nothing to God. What you do with the new life you have in Christ is what he's more concerned with. Believe that you are forgiven for every sin you've ever made, believe that God loves you enough to take you from that and bring you to a better place. God has awesome plans for each and every one of us, its up to you to believe what he says about you then what other people say about you. God thinks only good thoughts of us and wants us to be great men and women of God. The past is the past don't bring the past into your future! you'll never move forward! relax you are made new you're forgiven now go live an abundant life in Christ!! =)

Peace&Love,
Zee