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In Pursuit of Jesus

Jesus is one of the most talked about figures in history. Some love Him. Some hate Him. Many are indifferent. No matter where you stand on that spectrum, He’s notable enough that it’s worth looking into His teachings, promises, and resurrection.
Innocence Found

Today’s Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:14–21

See how very much our Father loves us. 1 John 3:1

“I’m not who I once was. I’m a new person.”

Those simple words from my son, spoken to students at a school assembly, describe the change God made in his life. Once addicted to heroin, Geoffrey previously saw himself through his sins and mistakes. Now he sees himself as a child of God.

The Bible proclaims: “Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (2 Corinthians 5:17). No matter our past, when we trust Jesus for our salvation and receive the forgiveness offered through His cross, we become someone new. Since the garden of Eden, the guilt of our sins separated us from God, but He has now “brought us back to himself through Christ . . . no longer counting [our] sins against [us]” (vv. 18–19). We are His dearly loved children (1 John 3:1–2), made new in His Son’s likeness.

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