.: the price of wholeness :.

Forgiven. Cleansed by His blood for the pardon of our sins. What does that mean? That means that Death no longer has its hold over me. I have been forgiven. Released from the debt of my selfish living. He has done away with the record of my wrongs. Before Him, I am clean. Forgiven. No longer am I a condemned man before a Holy God. He has set me free and continually calls me into that freedom. The Cross has shattered the Old Law. Having never possessed what it would require to keep that Law, He has fulfilled it on my behalf and I am seen as pure. What does that mean? That means that Satan can no longer control me. I am no longer his rightful possession. He no longer holds any claim over my life. Forgiven. Forgiven and invited to come share in fellowship with the Triune God. And the shame that keeps me from entering into that, that also has been dealt with by Christ. Any sense of feeling it linger in my heart is either by my own volition, or comes from the Enemy of my soul. The life I live was once one that was held in dark bondage. But Christ has undone the chains that held me there. I am forgiven, once and for all. Past, present, and future. The things that I openly acknowledge, as well as the things that would cost me dearly should they ever be exposed. But even in that instance, the cost is a temporary one of losing face and tarnishing my reputation. In terms of eternity, I am one who has been prepared to receive what only the Son could provide. In the eyes of my Father, I bear a righteousness that is like unto that of Christ. I am soon to be a recipient and resident of the Kingdom of God. My life is no longer my own - the one in which I did what I wanted, and proceeded to entrench myself in sinful habits. But not only have my external words and actions been forgiven, but I no longer bear the heart I once had. I am a new creature, vindicated by my Loving Creator. Having once been damned, my whole being has been restored. His Spirit is bringing me more fully each day into the reality of what was accomplished on my behalf at Calvary. Hallelujah!