The Real You – Part Two

Continuing Michael's message, he states that in the old TV game show, "To Tell the Truth," the question was, "Will the real you please stand up."  When God sees us, he sees the righteousness of Jesus Christ himself. Who is the real you?  The real you is the man or woman who God created us in Christ Jesus when we were “born again” of God's Spirit. 

According to Colossians 1:26-27, the riches of the glory of the mystery is Christ in you the hope of glory.

God has called us to be “godly” so that we don't need to be afraid of judgment. We are sons and daughters of God by second birth. He has created in us a new life in the spirit of Christ in us. We have been saved by grace through faith. As Galatians says, the just shall live by faith. Faith produces knowledge of the cause and purpose of our lives. Faith produces fidelity, Faithfulness to stand strong to the end.

As a man or woman of God, we do things because of who we are in Christ. We were made the righteousness of God because of Jesus' payment for sin on our behalf. For he who was without sin became the perfect sin sacrifice for us that we may be made the righteousness of God in Him. The real you is Christ in you. It's his feet behind my feet, his hands behind my hands, his eyes behind my eyes, and his heart behind my heart. Faithfulness is not because of what we do but because of who we are in Christ and whose we are. To be devoted means that we have dedicated ourselves to His purpose and cause because of our righteousness in Him.

Each moment in time can be "our finest hour." Each moment is an opportunity to fulfill our "divine appointment" to walk in fellowship with our Lord Jesus Christ. Our acceptance by our Heavenly Father is through his Son, for there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. The sin nature will pursue the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. However, you are slaves to whom you obey. We have the power of the Holy Spirit to flee from these things and instead to pursue the righteousness of God, in Christ, in us.

For there is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ has made me free from the law of sin and death.  Therefore we can approach our Heavenly Father as sons and daughters of God.  We can live for our Father's glory, for it is God who works in you to will and to do of his good pleasure. This is the real you.

May God richly bless you!

Your brother in Christ, Michael