By faith we know that the believer, you and I, can accomplish anything that God has set for us to do.
The writer of Hebrews gives a brief history in Chapter 11 of great men and women who were able to do exploits for the kingdom of God. We sometimes call this particular chapter the Hall of Faith.
We must remember the joys of our Christian faith, which are rooted in the resurrection of Jesus Christ over two millennia ago. We should daily reflect on the profound significance of the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. We should identify with Christ and His cross.
Last month we considered our identification with Jesus Christ and its current significance.
By Identification we mean that God identified us with Christ in His redemptive work (death, burial, and resurrection). Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary says to identify means to make identical, to consider or treat as the same. God considered us to have died with Christ, to have been buried and then raised with Him. This identification of us with Christ is based on two very important facts:
1) Jesus was our substitute, acting in our place so that we were accredited with what He did.
2) Jesus became exactly what we were in spirit, so that God viewed Him as being us.
Last month we established three important facts about our identification with Christ: 1) We were crucified with Christ; 2) We died with Christ; and 3) We were bured with Christ.
Now we want to understand the last FOUR important FACTS about our identification clearly outlined in the New Testament .
As we enter this second month of the year let us not forget those important decisions that we made to God, Jesus and Holy Spirit as well as ourselves last month. Quality decisions are so important to a God centred life.
This month let’s consider a dozen questions about salvation in general and give some scriptural answers for these frequently asked questions.