Thoughts on Debt

Being in debt is hard. Sometimes, it feels like we can never get out. Though we work hard and make regular payments, there are days it feels most hopeless.

Though we do not like to admit it, this concept of debt applies to our spiritual life as well. Take a look at Colossians 2:13-14:

"And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses, erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross."

This debt, the sin debt, is one that we cannot pay off. But God erased it with the cross. We are freed from those legal demands, and are called into a new arrangement.

Over the next few weeks, we will take a look at what that means. It is a process that will take a lifetime, but God, who has called us to life, will give us what we need as we follow Him.

Bibliography

The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version. New York: Oxford UP, 1989. Print.

The Gospel

Sometimes we over-complicate the Gospel. Here are the essentials:

• We are all messed up. That includes you too.
• God loves you so much that He chose to take on flesh and reach out to you, to us.
• Jesus Christ, God incarnate, was obedient to the point of death (Philippians 2:5-11).
• He was nailed to a cross and died (John 19:16-37).
• His body was buried in a new tomb and guarded by Roman soldiers (Matthew 27:57-66).
• On the third day, He rose again (Luke 24:1-7).

Jesus came to save us: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).

He came that we "may have life, and have it abundantly" (John 10:10).

He loves you, and wants to have a relationship with you. Have you met Him?

If you are walking with Christ, I celebrate with you. I pray that God would continue to grow you towards spiritual maturity. If you have not ever heard this story or you are still wrestling with it, ask questions. Start by asking God and exploring His written Word. Then find a pastor or believer and visit. You could even contact me. My prayer for you is that God would change your heart and life as I have seen Him change mine and many others.

Bibliography

The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version. New York: Oxford UP, 1989. Print.