Inventory through the gateway of the cross

As we inventory our life we need to keep in mind the promise made by God that sin will not dominate our lives. The gateway to freedom from sin is through Christ crucified. We must never forget this gateway. It is only through this gateway that we will have “joy unspeakable and full of glory” It is only through this gateway that we will “abound unto every good work”. It is through this gateway that God reaches us.

In God’s world there is no space or time. The crucifixion and resurrection are simultaneous and happened before the world was created. But Christ came and walked the earth and did what He did at Calvary as a manifestation to man. He was already the lamb slain before the foundation of the world. It is through that slaying that we draw our life! However, the influence of evil has a previously influenced mind in us and it thinks that it can divert us from the truth.
 
Take a look at 1 Peter 1:20 “It is true that He was chosen and foreordained (destined and foreknown for it) before the foundation of the world, but He was brought out to public view (made manifest) in these last days(at the end of the times) for the sake of you.” The interest of evil is to severe our connection to God by diverting our will and causing us to make bad choices regarding our needs. He uses deception to cause us to act out in unbelief against these great truths of God. Once we act out in unbelief satan condemns, condemns, and condemns.

When we consent to fear and act out in unbelief we have allowed sin to come into our life and then sin corrupts our functioning. This is no longer normal functioning for us and this is very uncomfortable. We find ourselves in a rebellion that is not of God. We are most comfortable when our will is not diverted and our choices are stayed on what Christ accomplished at the cross.

Christ has made all men new before they were even born but they need to accept by faith the born again experience for it to become a reality for them. All our sins have been washed away by the blood of Christ and the old man we were died with Christ. We are already more than conquers. We are already complete. God has taken the responsibility of caring for us. If we don’t trust Him he will allow us to have this distrust. He will also work on persuading us to trust in Him again