Man was created to be the visible expression of the invisible God. For this to happen, Christ, who is the image of God (Col.1:15; Heb. 1:3), must be the origin of all that we do; thus, we must surrender our will to allow Christ to live in and through us. So, how do we surrender?

If you have been a Christian for very long, you have likely discovered that trying to live the Christian life is not easy. It seems there is always one more thing you should be doing or something you must stop doing. 

“Do you know how hard it is to remember every sin you commit? I’ll tell you. It’s impossible!”

“Your sins are NOT forgiven by your good behavior, asking for forgiveness, or confessing your sin.”

“Because​​ Christians​​ have their sin debt paid for​​ by the blood/death of Jesus, they​​ are​​ declared​​ not guilty​​ (justified)​​ and​​ are​​ therefore,​​ made​​ righteous.​​ Our​​ righteousness​​ and justification​​ are​​ not based on​​ anything we do.​​ They are​​ a gift from God.”

“We will be in the presence of Almighty God forever. We will be​​ united with Jesus forever.”

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?”