All sin can do is..

All sin can do is threaten us with death

“All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn't, and doesn't, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it's sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that's the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life—a life that goes on and on and on, world without end.” Rom 5:20-21

“Never again will death have the last word. When Jesus died, he took sin down with him, but alive he brings God down to us.” Rom 6:6

As I was walking through Stanford’s campus yesterday evening, I was struck again with how resource rich this institution is. There are almost no limits to what a student can strive for and experience. And this stirred up old longings and regrets for what I did not experience and accomplish. As I asked the Lord to meet me in this place, sitting in the early morning quite of campus, He led me into the above passages, explaining that in our children, He has broken the grip of sin, and is forging a new “foundation of faith”. A new family line which will not be resource constrained, but will live in the miraculous resonance which occurs when believers join their will with His gifts, being guided by the Holy Spirit as an integral part of forging His-Story.

All sin can do is threaten us with death… God is forging a new story, and so we can live free from regret; asking "what next Abba?"

Thank you Lord for "the aggressive forgiveness we call grace".