A lot of folk want healing who don't want to deal with the sin, okay, but that's not going to make you changed.

Dr. Tony Evans says that's why so many people turn to feel-good solutions that soothe their guilty conscience, but don't last.

So the question is, do you want healing, or do you just want to feel better for the moment?

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

It's a popular expression, and it's true.

God accepts us the way we are, but loves us too much to leave us that way.

Today, Dr. Evans explains how that process of change

is part of the purpose of the cross. Let's join him. The cross has a threefold relationship

to us. It has a past relationship called justification where God declares the sinner righteous.

It has a future relationship called glorification,

where we will be eternally transformed to live in the presence of God forever.

But my concern as I walk through this series is the present purpose of the cross in the

life of the believer, and that's called sanctification. That is where God transforms the life of the

sinner who has become a saint and is now part of the family of God.

What I am discovering is that many Christians, and I may not be going too far out to say

most Christians, have lost sight of the cross.

They've not lost sight of it in terms of justification. They know that they got saved

when they placed faith in Jesus Christ and Christ came into their lives. They were forgiven

and they were imparted eternal life. They haven't lost sight of it for the future because

they anticipate the glories of heaven and heaven being their home.

But what we have lost is the power in the present of the cross.

We remember it on Easter, Good Friday, and Resurrection Sunday.

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