1 Peter 3:18
"For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit."
This is a verse to be set to memory, for it is the revealing of the gospel of Jesus Christ. One died for all. One not deserving death became death in our place. The result is new life for every believer.
At the center of this life in Christ is the Spirit's touch. The presence of the Spirit within the heart of the sinner brings the believer from death unto life. While the change in our nature is promised by God's word, the Spirit's means of doing this remains a mystery.
While our belief in Christ is not a leap into the dark, the acceptance of God's word unto salvation requires faith, for it is something only the Spirit can do. Any other means of trying to find new life falls short of God's holy requirements and will fail.
LORD JESUS
Lord, I thank you for the mystery of the gospel and the Spirit which brings new life apart from any action on my part. I also thank you for the faith you've given me to believe. Amen.
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