"The only antidote to sin is the gospel"--Tullian Tchividjian
OK-this seems easy enough. The gospel, the Son of God becoming man,
dying on the cross and resurrecting, was God's way of taking care of our
sin problem. It is easy for me to recognize my need for the gospel in
terms of my conversion.
But what about the sin in our everyday lives. A Christian is a justified
sinner, so sin doesn't completely go away this side of heaven. The
Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans, "I am not ashamed of the gospel, for
it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes" (Romans
1:16). Therefore, we are in need of the gospel through the entire process
of our salvation. We not only are saved by the gospel in our
justification, but we also need to look to the gospel in our
sanctification. The gospel is the objective remedy to our sin past sin
problem, and it is the way we are supposed to deal with sin now. As
Tullian puts it, the Christian life isn't moving past the gospel, it is
moving more deeply into it.
All of Grace
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