| Grace does not change God, it changes us. Grace has opened a way to God, a safe passage through the fire. Christ's work on the Cross opens the way for us to approach and know, serve and love our Holy God. How constantly we need His life-changing grace, to energize us in our struggle against the flesh within, and the sins that so easily beset us. Sin constantly surrounds us, like flood waters; and swirling around, seeks to seep into any crack or unprotected area of our life. So we walk through life clothed in an imputed purity, also known as our positional purity which is also the purity we were given at the instant we trusted Christ as Savior. But this also means we now have an awesome new responsibility. That responsibility is what is called our personal, chosen or practical purity. |