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to God but because Christ did (2 Corinthians 3:4-5, ESV). Because it is about Christ’s obedience and not our failure is also why Paul said, “there is no more condemnation (penalty of shame or disapproval from God) for those who are in Christ Jesus” and that “no-one could condemn us” (Romans 8:1, 34). The attacks of others because they feel we are not meeting up to their standards or the shame we used to feel or still feel no longer needs to cause us to feel we will never make it, we just can’t do it. Truth is, we cannot, but Christ could. God no longer holds any accusations against us and if He does not no-one else, including ourselves, matters.

      Continuing in this walk and in our relationship does not happen by looking to how obedient, deserving, holy, or responsible we are but to the One who brought us into a relationship with Him and will one day finish the work of changing us and making us into His image (Hebrews 12:2). It is because He is working on our behalf and because He became sin for us and continues to intercede (go before the Father on our behalf) for us, that we can now be one hundred percent sure, without a doubt that we have life eternal. Christ was perfect but in order so that we might be able to stand before God blameless, on the cross he took on all the things we have ever done wrong and will do wrong. In other words Christ went “It’s on me. I got this,” for our sin. He paid the bill for our debt of sin.

I know I belong to Christ because I have believed in Jesus Christ as my only Savior and Redeemer from eternal destruction. It’s not the evidences of my life that are my basis for knowing that. It’s the Word of God. God said it. That settles it.‡

      ‡ Earl Radmacher, The Grace Evangelical Society News. Vol. 10. No.3. May-June 1995.