"Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all His glory."
As followers of Christ, we are given new life in Christ and a new promise: a home in heaven, where Christ is honored at God's right hand. When we live for Christ, He reconciles us to Him washes us clean. He becomes our new life; and at the end, when Christ appears before the whole world in all His glory, His followers will share in His glory.
However, right now we still have the temptations of this world to battle with, and we constantly sin. That is why Jesus wants to save us. In Him, we can have a different, new life, even when we fall short of His expectations. We must try to obey His word, but He didn't ask us to be perfect. Otherwise, we wouldn't need God's grace to save us; we could do it all on our own. Jesus, the perfect sacrifice to save all people, will save those who accept His gift, even though they may fail. His sacrifice is big enough to cover everyone's mistakes.
We should do our best to obey God. Even when we fall, He will be there to dust us off and pick us up again. He sent Jesus to redeem us because He wants us to be with Him in heaven someday. People are His masterpiece creation; He loves us. He does not love us because we are perfect or could ever be perfect on our own. He loves us because He made us in His image. We were worth His time and effort to create, and we were worth it for Him to send His Son to be crucified for the sake of our redemption. He made us carefully, working out every detail about each of us, long before we were born. If that is not proof of God's love, I don't know what is. He loves us so much, and He wants us to love Him back. He desires our hearts.
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