I am encouraged today by the fact that as I look at the Cross, and the work that Christ did for me upon it, I can see Three Benefits as outlined in the passage below:
1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience- 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ- by grace you have been saved- 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, Eph. 2:1-8
There are Three Tenses of the Cross:
1. I have been saved by His death on my behalf..."For by grace you have been saved through faith..."
2. I am being saved on a daily basis from my sin nature as I walk with him and become transformed by His power..."even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive..." Am I perfect? Far be it! Am I moving in that direction? For sure!
3. I will be saved when I go to be with Him someday and avoid the wrath of a holy God towards the sin of this world that rejects what He has offered..."so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus... ."
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