Did you​​ know that you​​ were​​ born with an enemy?​​ The​​ Bible tells us that we were​​ all​​ enemies​​ with​​ God. And furthermore, we​​ were hostile toward​​ him,​​ and alienated from​​ him​​ because of our sin.​​

“We know that sin​​ and death​​ entered the world through Adam and​​ spread to all mankind, thus, all were made sinners.​​ ​​As a​​ result,​​ we are all born in bondage to sin!”

“I was taught for​​ much of my Christian life that​​ in order to stay​​ right with God,​​ ​​ I must ask God to forgive me each time I sinned. And so I tried to keep a mental list of all my sins so I could ask God to forgive me​​ for each​​ one. ​​ Do you know how hard it is to remember every sin you commit?”

“When a person receives Christ by faith, they are​​ immediately baptized into Christ’s death, burial and resurrection​​ (a spiritual baptism).​​ The bible​​ refers to those folks as being “in Christ”, i.e., in union with Christ.​​ This is a permanent union in which Christ’s spirit is joined with our human spirit and Christ​​ becomes our new life.”

“Thus,​​ our​​ new​​ identity is​​ said to be, ‘in Christ’, i.e., ‘in union with Christ’.​​”

“It’s you not putting confidence in your abilities, i.e., your flesh. It’s you walking as Jesus did, in complete humility and dependence.​​”

“The truth is,​​ we​​ cannot live the Christian life​​ in our own strength,​​ and the sooner we realize that​​ the sooner Christ will be free to live his life​​ and demonstrate his power​​ through us.”

“Brokenness refers to the process of breaking man from putting confidence in anything other than God.​​”

“Living a surrendered life begins with​​ a​​ surrendered attitude.​​ It​​ acknowledges​​ that my life is not my own, I have​​ been​​ bought with a price.”