Did you put Jesus on the cross?

Are you responsible for Jesus death on the cross?“He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God.” Romans 4:25

“Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.” ~ John Stott

YOU put Jesus on the cross, I put Jesus on the cross – all of us needed a Savior because we are all sinners. (Romans 3:23, 6:23) If we are now in Christ a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17) then we need to allow Him to make changes in our lives and flee from sin, not make excuses or try to say our sin is OK because society has changed or for some reason accept our sin. There are plenty of attacks on the Church from outside, but it is those from inside that do the most damage.

God says we are to be holy for He is holy and we need to in love obey God and keep ourselves from sin; pray not to be led into temptation even!

"If sin is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness remain in your dwelling” Job 11:14
“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God”. Romans 6:12-13

As Christians we have a choice to not sin. You and I did not and still do not deserve anything from God but punishment, but by Grace, Jesus paid for sin and when you believed you received:
 “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 – given Jesus’ purity and right standing with God.
“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, John 1:12 – became adopted with full rights of a child of God.
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Ephesians 1:3 – have been blessed (already) with everything you need for a spiritual life in Christ.

Keep yourself from sin, love and obey God and cooperate with Him in being used by Him to reach and love others. It is difficult and a battle, but the strength and victory are provided by God and your eternal outcome is secure! By God’s grace “there is now no punishment for those who are in Christ” (Romans 8:1)!

Don’t ever get fooled into thinking you are “pretty good” or “OK” on your own – preach the good news of Jesus to yourself daily. Keep thankful for the grace it took to pay for your sin and make you a child of God so you can love and obey God!