Our Righteousness in Jesus Christ

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 11 September 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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In today’s devotional we wrap up our week on living an unveiled lifestyle by looking at our righteousness in Jesus Christ. Acknowledging the new nature we’ve been given in God is absolutely critical in living life to the fullest, having the fullest experience of God and interior abundance in him. May you see yourself in light of the finished work of Christ today as we make space to see the new nature we’ve been given by God’s grace.

Our Scripture for today comes from 2 Corinthians 5:21, and today's worship is God Be by Chris Renzema.

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0:00.0	In today's podcast, we wrap up our week on living an unveiled lifestyle by looking at
0:09.9	our righteousness in Jesus Christ.
0:12.7	Acknowledging the new nature we've been given in God is absolutely critical in order to live
0:18.2	life to the fullest, having the fullest experience of God and interior abundance in him.
0:24.2	May you see yourself in light of the finished work of Christ today, as we make space to see the new nature we've been given by God's grace.
0:32.5	Welcome to the First 15 podcast.
0:48.4	2 Corinthians 521 says, For our sake, he made him to be sin who knew no sin, that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
1:01.1	2 Corinthians 5, 14 through 21, describes one of the most powerful outcomes of Jesus' sacrifice for us
1:08.7	on the cross.
1:10.4	Scripture says, for the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this, that one
1:16.6	has died for all, therefore all have died, and he died for all that those who live might no
1:22.9	longer live for themselves, but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
1:28.3	From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh.
1:33.3	Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
1:39.3	Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come.
1:48.4	All this is from God, who through Christ, reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of
1:54.7	reconciliation. That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them,
2:03.6	and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
2:07.3	Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us.
2:12.9	We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
2:17.1	For our sake, he made him to be sin
2:19.4	who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Jesus' death on
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