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"I am deeply loved, completely forgiven, fully pleasing, totally accepted, and complete in Christ."
(The Search for Significance, by Robert S. McGee; p.61)
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. Psalms 103:12
[Yeshua said,] For this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. Matthew 26:28
His blood was shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16
God's promise is that I will not perish but have eternal life.
[Yeshua said,] Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. John 5:24
God's promise to the person who knows and believes, is eternal life. This person will not come into judgement but has passed out of death and into life.
[Yeshua said,] My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. John 10:27-29
His sheep have eternal life and cannot be snatched out of Yeshua's hands. They will never perish.
All the prophets bear witness that through [Yeshua's] name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins. Acts 10:43Through [Yeshua] everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses. Acts 13:39
Faith liberates us from all things and we cannot achieve that freedom by our own efforts.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23-24
We are justified by the grace of God through Yeshua's redemption.
Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered. Romans 4:7For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Romans 5:10
We are reconciled to God through the death of His Son.
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father !" The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. Romans 8:15-17
We have been adopted as God's own children.
Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies. Romans 8:33
No one can accuse us because God alone will judge us and find us acceptable through the blood sacrifice of Yeshua.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. He (God) made Him who knew no sin (Yeshua) to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:17,19,21
In Messiah, we are each a new creature who has been reconciled to God and made into the righteousness of God.
Nevertheless, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. Galatians 2:16
We are justified through faith in Messiah Yeshua and no person is (or will be) justified by works of the law or good deeds.
Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. Galatians 3:6
Abraham was made righteousness because he trusted God and lived in that trust.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace. Ephesians 1:7
Through Yeshua's blood we have obtained forgiveness of our many sins.
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9
We may boast in God's grace by which we are saved through faith which is God's gift.
And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Hebrews 9:22
If forgiveness could be obtained by my own merit, I would need to shed blood to have forgiveness for my sins.
Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin. Hebrews 10:18
[Fix your] eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2
Yeshua is the one who refines and strengthens our faith to perfection because it brings him joy; this was His entire goal and purpose for enduring the cross.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you. 1 Peter 1:3-4
According to Yeshua's great mercy and through His resurrection, we were reborn to a living hope, to obtain a heavenly inheritance which doesn't decay or age; it is being held and prepared for us.
"Because of Christ and His redemption, I am completely forgiven and fully pleasing to God. I am totally accepted by God." (Search for Significance p.100)Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach. Colossians 1:21-22
"I have great worth apart from my performance because Christ gave His life for me, and therefore imparted great value to me. I am deeply loved, completely forgiven, fully pleasing, totally accepted, and complete in Christ." (Search for Significance p.61)
"My Father is very patient and kind.
My Father is not envious, never boastful.
My Father is not arrogant.
My Father is never rude, nor is He self-seeking.
My Father is not quick to take offense.
My Father keeps no record of wrongs.
My Father does not gloat over my sins, but is always glad when truth prevails.
My Father knows no limit to His endurance, no end to His trust.
My Father is always hopeful and patient."
(Search for Significance p.82)
© Jena Rutan 2010. All rights reserved.
Scripture references are from the NASB.
