We as believers have been called to be the beloved of God, his elect who really believe and trust Jesus Christ as our savior. By the grace of God we have been given new life. By surrendering our life to Christ, God has forgiven us our sins, and he now accepts us in Christ death and resurrection. Through faith in the resurrection of Christ, God has blessed us with a heavenly blessings which should occupy our every praise and thanksgiving. We have been raised to a new life, we are saved and justified, given power to live victoriously over sin and the trials of this world, living In Jesus.
We are given hope, even the hope of glory which we have in Jesus Christ. In Him we are guaranteed resurrection from the death of sin. Our faith in Jesus makes us one with Christ, giving us union with him. When Jesus died and rose again, we too by faith, died and rose a new creature in Christ. Having a new life, a new character, causing us to walk toward new aims, from new directions. We have a new heart, a heart ruled by the peace of Jesus Christ, a peace that passes all understanding, which binds us, joins us, and weaves us together, that we are assured, confident, and secured in the love and care of God. This peace strengthens, encourages, guides, sustains, delivers, saves, provides, and gives us real life, a new life in Christ. This peace makes us one with Christ and his word. This new heart is rich with the word of Christ.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ taking root in our heart to furnish us with all the wealth of its promises, commandments, instructions and warnings that we might have real love one to another. We have died to everything else, and now we live a life hid with Christ in God, so let us enter into His rest and live in His peace.
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