Christ-Centeredness

It is difficult to maintain. Our inclinations draw us away from Cross-bought grace. The Gospel becomes some rite of passage or a Christian entry-level that loses its life-application once accepted. This was never the intention. The faith that saves is the exact same faith that sanctifies–the faith that is anchored securely to the finished work of Christ. The temptation every day is to drift into an obedience to God that is detached from Christ. The God that this obedience is directed towards is not the God of Scripture, it is Self. Self, in many cases,  forgives the same way God forgives–by punishing sin. Yet, Self finds no substitute because there is none. Christ is the only objective Substitute for sin. He was substituted not only to justify–but also to sanctify. Spirit-wrought sanctification finds its source in the Cross…and that is accessed by faith.