As we go into the New Year, this is a good thought to meditate on. The Old Testament and the New Testament give us a stark contrast of what we are without Christ, and what we are with and because of Him. The Old Testament tells us that our righteousness is as filthy rags, that our hearts are deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, and that all the thoughts and intents of our hearts are evil all the time. In sharp contrast, the New Testament tells us what we are because of Christ and His sacrifice. The New Testament tells us that He is the one who is able to keep us from falling, and to present us before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy; that He is the one who-after we have suffered a while-will complete and make us what we ought to be; and that we can work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, because He is at work in us giving us both the desire and the power to do of His good pleasure.
So, we fall on our faces before God and ask for His forgiveness that was bought for us by Christ’s sacrifice. But, we also celebrate what we can become because of the gift and sacrifice that Jesus made for all of us.
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