Welcome to Hank’s Place
Hank’s Place – where you have come home. Colossians 2:10 is awesome, for it states: we are already complete in Him. Lacking for nothing. Blessed with every spiritual blessing simply because we are believers in His salvation – Eph 1:3.
And 1 Cor 6:11 states we were sanctified. By the precious blood of Jesus. Friend, it was Jesus at Calvary, not you or me and what we have done to clean ourselves up. By the power of God, Jesus has become our sanctification forever. 1 Cor 1:30.
We are totally sanctified. We don’t always act in a sanctified manner though. We are maturing into who we really are. It’s no wonder Paul tells us in Eph 4, 1 Thess 4 to act holy, because we are holy.
How about 2 Cor 3:18? It says we are being transformed from glory to glory—not from garbage to glory. We have been redeemed and made holy. There is a world of difference between who we are and what we might do. Who we are is a beloved child of God in whom the Father is well pleased. What we do may or may not be totally pleasing to God, but it does not affect His love toward you. 1 Cor 3:12-15 indicates works might be burnt up, not people.
However, so many people fear to trust, saying, “We can’t possibly be complete in Him.” It must be Christ plus confession, or rule keeping, or the pursuit of holiness. Instead of resting, by adding these things we are actually a diminishing the magnitude of Jesus’s sacrifice at Calvary.
Under the new covenant God has taken us out of the equation. Jesus is our representative who never fails. Our salvation and our faithfulness are now all about Him. Striving to be a good Christian by keeping all of the rules is – trusting in yourself, not Jesus. It is a faithless way to live. Your intentions may be good, but you are walking after the old way of the flash! Just like the Pharisees who were very law abiding but completely faithless!
Rest from your labors, give glory to Jesus – and COME ALIVE!
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Friend of Dave and Nancy. Have heard about your ministry for years. Always positive. Would appreciate being put on your blog list.
Blessings,
Scott & Beth Biathrow
Hello Elizabeth!
You are on the list now 🙂 Dave and Nancy have been awesome friends for more than 50 years – Dave was relentless in sharing the Good News with me way back when I was in darkness. Thank God he did!
We’ll be on the Cape in November for a visit – hope to meet you then.