I believe that God, because of Christ’s atonement, will never hold against me any of my sins nor my sinful course this is only possible because of the changes you've experienced in Christ; it's because of His atonement

You no longer live. Rather, Christ lives in you. Galatians 2:15-21 (NIV) 15  We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16  know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified. --- 19  “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20  I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21  I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!” Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 22 - Our Justification Through Faith in Christ We believe that for us to acquire the true knowledge of this great mystery the Holy Spirit kindles in our hearts a true faith that embraces Jesus Christ, with all his merits, and makes him its own, and no longer looks for anything apart from him. For it must necessarily follow that either all that is required for our salvation is not in Christ or, if all is in him, then he who has Christ by faith has his salvation entirely. Therefore, to say that Christ is not enough but that something else is needed as well is a most enormous blasphemy against God— for it then would follow that Jesus Christ is only half a Savior. Summary One of the fundamental messages of the Bible is that people need perfect righteousness in order to be right with God. So it makes sense that the Devil twists this truth in order to deceive people. He wants you to come to one of two incorrect conclusions: That you can attain this righteousness on your own by keeping various commands (the commands themselves may be good in and of themselves; all the Devil cares about is tricking you into putting your hope into your ability to perfectly keep it); That you will be saved as long as you've done more 'good' things than 'bad.' What makes this idea really popular in our day and age is that you can define what's good or bad on your own! These lies - that a person gains salvation by keeping "the works of the law" had percolated deeply into the Galatian church, and so the primary purpose of Paul's letter to them is to lovingly rebuke them and call them back to the truth. No one, writes Paul, will be justified by the works of the law (v16). He goes on to write "for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!" (v21). You do need perfect righteousness in order to be right with God, but the simple and wonderful truth of the gospel is that you are given what you need in Christ. "A person is not justified [made righteous] by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ." (v16) Dig Deeper So then, the age old question goes, if keeping the law doesn't add anything to my salvation, then why keep it? Paul answers this question a number of different places in his epistles, but his answer in v20 speaks for them all: I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. What he means here is that Christ died to sin on the cross, and you are in Christ, so consequently you've died to sin as well. And since Christ rose to new life after dying to sin, so you too must rise to this new life even here and now since Christ is living in you. This means your motivation to follow God's good and perfect law doesn't come from a desperate desire to justify yourself in God's eyes, but rather because living apart from it - living sinfully - seems disgusting and contrary to every instinct of your new life in Christ. AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, whose law helps us identify our sin and guides us in how to live in Christ; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Ask God to root out your sinful desires to justify yourself and to equip you to follow His law through Christ and for Christ; A SK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year! Today: Luke 6

could a priest, representing the covenant people, come into the Holy of Holies with a sacrifice of atonement Jesus atoned for your sin, gave you His perfect righteousness so that you have peace with God, so consequently

This he did in order that, by his suffering as the only atoning sacrifice, he might set us free, body definition of love in v10: This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning

anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father— Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2  He is the atoning Jesus is especially suited to advocate for you because it is His own blood that made atonement for you One of the biggest problems Christians experience today is feeling isolated, alone, and ignored by God

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 21: The Atonement We believe that Peace with God is truly an amazing and gracious gift, an amazing benefit that we receive from Christ’s atoning

But although grace certainly depends upon Christ's atonement for sin, notice that it's not where grace Grace is God the Father choosing you to be His own before He created the universe, then God the Son atoning

Certainly the gospel includes lots of really important details about Jesus' birth, life, atoning death

regulations and temple ceremonies seem irrelevant for those of us who know our salvation comes from grace alone because of Christ alone. Hebrew high priest would enter into God's presence and sprinkle the blood of a sacrificial lamb to make atonement

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 21: The Atonement We believe that