“But this must be the answer to the mystery of life!” you may say. The inner, clear distinction between right and wrong in my own choices and priorities is what creates this unshakeable joy of life. It’s written about Jesus, “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.” Hebrews 1:9. The more I am cleansed from sin and self-life, the deeper and more unshakeable my joy of life becomes. This leads to a joy and peace that nobody can take from me. The meaning of life and my joy are kept in these works as in a treasure chest. In Christ we are created “for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10. Now everything must be about Him, what His plans are, His business, His will. Now I am to have a new center in my life – Christ. Jesus has bought me free from this heavy life of bondage. If I do a “good deed”, I’m concerned with how it was received by my surroundings.Īll sin, all vices and inclinations have their source in this – a life for myself. Everything is about me and my affairs, how I look, the impression I make on the others etc. Here we are at the core of the concept of sin. In 2 Corinthians 5:15 it’s written about Christ, that “He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. “If anyone desires to come after Me,” says Jesus in Matthew 16:24, “let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” The Bible speaks about sin and self-life (our own life). But it’s not only these things that are called sin in the Bible. Most people associate the word sin with serious things like hatred, murder, theft and immorality.
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