Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. They also do no iniquity; they walk in his ways. Psalm 119
“Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. I will delight myself in thy statutes, I will not forget thy word. I will meditate on thy precepts and respect thy ways. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.”
“When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, we’ll sing and shout the victory!”
“Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, sing His mercy and His grace; in the mansions bright and blessed, He’ll prepare for us a place. Let us then be true and faithful, trusting, serving ev’ry day; just one glimpse of Him in glory, will the toils of life repay; but soon the pearly gates will open, and we shall tread the streets of gold.”
But when the fullness of time had come at the end of one age and the beginning of another, at the time God deemed just right, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. Galatians 4:4-5
“So, you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?”
Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 1 John 3:9
“If you know that God is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him. But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him, there is no sin. No one who remains in God keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen God or known God.”
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of first fruits of His creation. James 1:18
“For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities, and all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
Jesus answered and said unto him, verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?” John 3:3,4
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. They are reborn, not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God”.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace. Ephesians 1:7
I will make known the Lord’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the Lord has done for us, the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion. Isaiah 63:7
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! Ephesians 2:4
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. Romans 6:14
For at one time, we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, being hated, and hating one another. but when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. Titus 3
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me. Psalm 119:133
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it. Genesis 4:7