From jahong@u.washington.edu Thu May 17 00:54:03 2001 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f4H7rw016116 for ; Thu, 17 May 2001 00:53:58 -0700 Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f4H7rwX31855 for ; Thu, 17 May 2001 00:53:58 -0700 Received: from mailhost1.u.washington.edu (mailhost1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.2]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f4H7rwo20771 for ; Thu, 17 May 2001 00:53:58 -0700 Received: from juliescomputer (cs316-71.spmodem.washington.edu [140.142.181.174]) by mailhost1.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with SMTP id f4H7rui14397 for ; Thu, 17 May 2001 00:53:56 -0700 From: "Julie Hong" To: Subject: FW: righteousness of Jesus in us Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 00:57:44 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01C0DE6C.623D6980" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C0DE6C.623D6980 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi everyone.. the following is from alex sum, our guest speaker from a few weeks ago and he wanted me to forward this to you.. it's some of his thoughts from the topic from that night which was "the righteousness of God." "think more about Christ's faithfulness to you than your faithfulness to Him. pray and thank the Lord for His commitment to you despite our lack of commitment to Him. think 100 times more His holiness in us than our sinfulness in our flesh. why? because turning your eyes on Jesus is always the main focus, even more so than a preoccupation of yourself. besides, your salvation has everything to do with your obedience to God. in other words, your sanctification is a work of Christ's Spirit in and through you and an outflow of your justification. in fact, the righteousness of Christ [in you] frees you from the penalty and power of sin and exchanges your sinfulness & unrighteousness for Christ's holiness & righteousness. stop getting your approval, worth, value & significance from God [& others] by trying to obey the law. instead, obey God because you are saved. but always keep your eyes on Jesus and see yourself and life through the lens of the cross. when the Lord sees you He sees Christ and so He's always filled with love for you and pleased with you, if not all your actions. your sins He forgives, forgets and cleans you by the blood of the cross. go and know this with your whole heart and live, not as orphans, but adopted sons of the living God. act like you're in His family. you're a co-heir, son, freed, loved, approved, significant, joyed up, forgiven, forever living, ambassador, citizen of heaven, righteous and even much more." In Christ's Righteousness, alex ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C0DE6C.623D6980 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

hi everyone.. the following is from alex sum, our guest speaker = from a=20 few weeks ago and he wanted me to forward this to you.. it's some of his = thoughts from the topic from that night which was "the righteousness of=20 God."

"think more=20 about Christ's faithfulness to you than your faithfulness to Him. = pray and=20 thank the Lord for His commitment to you despite our lack of commitment = to=20 Him. think 100 times more His holiness in us than our sinfulness = in our=20 flesh. why? because turning your eyes on Jesus is always the = main=20 focus, even more so than a preoccupation of yourself. besides, = your=20 salvation has everything to do with your obedience to God. in = other words,=20 your sanctification is a work of Christ's Spirit in and = through you=20 and an outflow of your justification. in fact, the righteousness = of Christ=20 [in you] frees you from the penalty and power of sin and exchanges your=20 sinfulness & unrighteousness for Christ's holiness &=20 righteousness. stop getting your approval, worth, value & = significance=20 from God [& others] by trying to obey the law. instead, obey = God=20 because you are saved. but always keep your eyes on Jesus and see = yourself=20 and life through the lens of the cross. when the Lord sees you He = sees=20 Christ and so He's always filled with love for you and pleased with you, = if not=20 all your actions. your sins He forgives, forgets and cleans you by = the=20 blood of the cross. go and know this with your whole heart and = live, not=20 as orphans, but adopted sons of the living God. act like you're in = His=20 family. you're a co-heir, son, freed, loved, approved, = significant,=20 joyed up, forgiven, forever living, ambassador, citizen of heaven, = righteous and=20 even much more."

In Christ's Righteousness,

alex

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