Okay - lets press on to the third effect of God imputing His righteousness to us because it is so closely tied to the last effect that God no longer condemns us even though we still sin and still experience guilt when we do sin.
This third result is such unbelievably good news that most believers do not believe it! The good news is this - that God will NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER punish you for your sins again! NEVER! If God still punishes us for our sins, then Jesus did not absorb all the punishment for our sins on the cross...and Calvary did not work. A lot of believers seem to approach this like insurance, that Jesus absorbed 80% of our punishment, but there is a 20% copay that we need to absorb...and that others need to experience when they sin!
The ripple effects in our lives of this good news are incredible and far reaching and so for the next few blogs we will take a brief look at some of them. Then at some point in the future I will unpack this more fully because there is a lot here. The first thing we will need to unpack is the difference between God's punishment and God's discipline. That's next.
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I constantly struggle to believe this truth!! I find myself believing lies allllll day long, like "God is with-holding blessings from me because I didn't pray long/hard enough" or "God is turning away from me because I turned away from Him" or "God is mad because I keep messing up, and He's not going to love me again until I get it right." It's so silly to type it out, but that's how my thoughts work!! I can't WAIT for the day those lies are completely out of my mind and I can truly rest in God's Grace and love for me! Thanks for sharing this post--it was a blessing today.
ReplyDeleteIt's important to clarify your meaning of 'punishment', since both Proverbs and Hebrews declare that God does punish us, and this treatment is a sign of being his child.
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