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"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us (the Church) the ministry OF reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
2 Cor 15:17-21
Mankind was sinful, unclean, and our acts that seemed righteous could not create righteousness within us. (Isa 64:6, Jer 17:9, Rom 3:23). The Law of Moses condemned mankind because of their sins. (Heb 8:13, Rom 6:14). The Law required that the punishment for sin is death, so all mankind was spiritually dead. (Rom 5:8)
Because of His love for us, Christ died in our place, fulfilling the requirements of the law and fulfilling our debt. He died once for all to remove all our sins at the cross in the past and in the future, and he removed The Law, that stood to condemn us again. (Heb 9:22, Jn 3:16, Col. 2:13-14, 1 Pet 3:18, 1 Jn 2: 2 & 12)
Jesus ushered in a New Covenant of Grace revealed through scriptures. “For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). The Old Covenant of the law was given through a servant. Grace and truth came through the Son. The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life (2 Cor. 3:6).
Through Christ's work mankind can receive life through life. Life comes by believing in Jesus Christ and putting our faith in him. No righteous acts could ever save us. Salvation is by faith alone, and a free gift of God. In salvation, we are provided the Holy Spirt, which guarantees our salvation.
Not as the procuring cause of salvation in any sense, but as its proper evidence and fruit (1 John 3:9-11; 4:19; 5:4; Eph. 2:8-10); and therefore as Christians, we should seek the things which are above (Col. 3:1), walk as He walked (I John 2:6), be careful to yield to His leading in good works (Titus 3:8): and especially accept as our solemn responsibility the duty and privilege of bearing the Gospel in a yielded life and/or in words to a lost world in order that we may bear much fruit (Acts 1:8; 2 Cor. 5:19); remembering that a victorious and fruitful Christian life is possible only for those who have learned they are not under the law but under grace (Rom. 6:14); and who, in gratitude for the infinite and undeserved mercies of God, have presented themselves wholly (yielded) to Him for His service (Rom. 12:1,2), and walk in the Spirit (Gal. 5:25).
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