My Confession

1. Christ for Me. Salvation - Rom 5:8 says, " But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."



While we were yet sinners - these are amazing words. God sent Jesus Christ to die for us, not because we were good enough, but because he loved us so much. Whenever you feel uncertain about God's love for you, remember that he loved you even before you turned to him. If God loved you when you were a rebel, he can surely strengthen you now that you love him in return.



2. Christ in Me. Sanctification - Gal 2:20 says, "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."



How have I been crucified with Christ? Legally, God looks at me as if I had died with Christ. Because my sins died with him, I am no longer condemned (Col 2:13-15). Rationally, I have become one with Christ, and his experiences are mine. My Christian life began when, in unity with him, I died to my old life (see Rom 6:5-11). In my daily life, I must regularly crucify sinful desires that keep me from following Christ. This too is a kind of dying with him (Luke 9:23-25).



And yet the focus of Christianity is not dying, but living. Because I have been crucified with Christ, I have also been raised with him (Rom 6:5). Legally, I have been reconciled with God (2 Cor 5:19) and am free to grow into Christ's likeness (Rom 8:29). And in my daily life, I have Christ's resurrection power as I continue to fight sin (Eph 1:19-20). Christ lives in me - this is my reason for living and my hope for the future (Col 1:27).



3. Complete in Him. Supply - Col 2:10 says, "And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:"



When we know Jesus Christ, we don't need to seek God by means of other religions, cults, or unbiblical philosophies as the Colossians were doing. Christ alone holds the answers to the true meaning of life, because Christ is life. He is the unique source of knowledge and power for the Christian life. No Christian needs anything else than what he has provided to be saved. We are complete in him.

Have you confessed and became complete with Jesus Christ?