One version of the Bible tells us that we are “MORE than conquerors”, that we are a Royal Priesthood, that “we will be blessed when we go in and blessed when we go out” …

Another part of the Bible tells us that we are born into sin, that there is no one worthy, and that “we all like sheep have gone astray” …

And so which one is right?

It is “the tension of scripture” as I once heard Kris Vallotton describe it.  Opposing ideas that don’t seem to blend together … they don’t work.

The idea of combining Excellence and Grace is not just difficult–it is IMPOSSIBLE.

And our enemy wants nothing more.  Because if he can attack us in our failure, he can then convince us that we never measure up and that anything is permissible.  He can get us to go back and forth between trying to be perfect and not trying at all.

From my perspective, this is the great spiritual death roll, and much like a crocodile, it rolls us from never measuring up to “why try?” … and we live in the prison of death and failure and hopelessness.

In that, my friends, there is NO HOPE.

Enter Jesus.

Colossians 2 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

On the cross on Calvary, He intervened.  He ensured that we could actually be excellent and be forgiven in our mistakes.  He changed the rules of the game completely.

He made is so that we could actually play … and win.

Think about it.

He did the impossible so that, for you, all things are possible.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J