“Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed.” 1Pe2.24
It is clear that apart of the healing we have received from Christ is the power to live for righteousness. This of course doesn’t mean that we will, at least not all of the time. Christ may have unlocked the door but we do not always go through it. We were healed that we “might live for righteousness.” A part of the healing we have received is simply possibility and potentiality, where none existed. It is now possible, because we have been declared right with God, to enter into a useful relationship with Him. This of course will spill over into our relationship with ourselves, others and all created things. Our actual everyday experience of living for righteousness may or may not occur depending on the choices we make. Christ has unlocked the door but we must go through it. This does not mean, of course, that He will abandon us when we don’t. Like the patient parent teaching the child to walk He will not ditch us when we repeatedly fall down. 4/11/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
