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The love of Christ impels us
Does the love of Christ actually impel us? Does it actually motivate us and shape our lives? Or is it rather something we discuss and acknowledge but which doesn't impact us day to day?
once we have come to the conviction that one died for all;
therefore, all have died.
This conviction that we have all died means that we are now free. Nothing can harm us any longer. We don't have to live just to avoid suffering and death. We can live for Jesus.
He indeed died for all,
so that those who live might no longer live for themselves
but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
If the love of Christ is the basis of our lives we become new creations. All have died. The old creation has passed away. We are made new in the resurrection.
So whoever is in Christ is a new creation:
We can choose to be moved and impelled by this love and this knowledge or we can continue to live the old way, clinging to old things which are passing away.
In Christ even our words take on more significance. We speak in a new and more sincere way. We have less need to be persuasive ourselves and we are able to let our message speak for itself.
Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.'
Does the love of Christ impel us? Let us answer, 'Yes'.
He redeems your life from destruction,
he crowns you with kindness and compassion.
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