I wrote yesterday about the naughty list and how, according to the Gospel, each and every one of us start off on the naughty list and remain there until Jesus enters to the picture and captures our hearts!! By grace through faith in Christ, naughty people find themselves on the Nice List!!
But what exactly does the Nice List mean??
While there is not an actual "Nice List" per se', there is this book called the book of life in which every believers name has been recorded. The only way into this book is by grace through faith in Christ. You cannot DO anything or EARN your way into this book...Only Jesus can get you listed in the book of life and only through faith in Him...His perfect life...His perfect death...His resurrection...His victory over sin and death on our behalf...and His coming return!!
So what does it really mean?? This, for me, is THE amazing part of all that Christ has done and is doing on our behalf:
Being in the book of life (Nice List), which you ARE IN if you are a believer means that God now and forever looks at you as good!! God now and forever sees you as RIGHTEOUS!! PERFECT!! HOLY!! BLAMELESS!! WITHOUT FAULT!!
God - The Creator of ALL things - The One whose opinion matter most above all else including your own - God looks at YOU as a believer and sees you EXACTLY as He sees Christ!! You are hidden in Christ!! Christ is in you!! All by grace through faith in Him!!
Even the very second you are telling a lie God looks at you and says "RIGHTEOUS!" (Romans 5:1)
Even in that moment of anger God looks at you and says "RIGHTEOUS!" (Romans 8:1)
Even that moment when you are doing something absolutely vile and unspeakable, God looks at you and says "RIGHTEOUS!" (Hebrews 8:12)
Even that moment when _____________________ (I'll let you fill in the blank with whatever sins you think or do), God looks at you and says "RIGHTEOUS!!!!!" (Ephesians 2:13)
The list goes on and on as does the scriptures to support the fact that by His grace through faith in Him, God will only look at you as a righteous holy perfect and sinless child of His!!
As a believer, you and I (naughty sinful people) are on the nice list today all because of Jesus!! Let's celebrate THAT!!
"God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him." -John 3:17
"Love one another." -Jesus
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