Jesus takes away my sin nature, but what about the rest of me? Does he completely change my entire nature? Or is it just my sin nature that has to go? If he changes me completely then what of being fearfully and wonderfully made? What of being created in Dad’s image? Does this mean I completely suck as a human being and need to be made into something completely different? That he thinks the Tina he made was a mistake? I’m thinking not. I am made new by the sacrifice of Jesus. New doesn’t mean different, it means clean and fresh, which can certainly be different than sin-stained, but it’s not a different me. The old sin nature is dead, but the unique creation that Daddy loves so much is still here and still cherished by him.
Tags: atonement, Jesus, new birth, sin nature
May 9th, 2008 at 5:03 am
Wow Tina… 3 blogs in one day. Very nice! I have missed your blogs. I love you! You are amazing, no matter what you write on your blog.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
It’s like lighting a candle. The candle’s still a candle, it’s just that now you can see it’s light.
May 11th, 2008 at 3:42 am
Jim, that’s a good way of explaining it. Thank you.