Verse
Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
— 1 Corinthians 6:11 nlt
Thought
The verses leading up to this passage give a laundry list of sins. Then Paul makes two points using the word, "were." Some of us "were" those sins! Now, however, we live with a new reality: we "were" cleansed and made right with God. We can call this "the grace of were." We are no longer the sin we used to commit. We are no longer under the condemnation of our rebellion and failures. We are no longer slaves to the old way of life. That is what we "were"! But because the Holy Spirit entered our lives to sanctify us — to make us holy, new, clean, pure, valuable, precious — we ARE holy and right with God. We are a new creation and we live in a whole new world (2 Cor. 5:17). Such is the power of the Holy Spirit and the gift of the Spirit's grace and presence.
Prayer
O Father, thank you that I am not who I used to be. Thank you that all the old is gone and the new has come. I pray that I will live out this new life in holiness and honor, empowered by the Holy Spirit and conformed each day to be more like my Savior, Jesus, in whose name I pray. Amen.
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Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
— 1 Corinthians 6:11 nlt
Thought
The verses leading up to this passage give a laundry list of sins. Then Paul makes two points using the word, "were." Some of us "were" those sins! Now, however, we live with a new reality: we "were" cleansed and made right with God. We can call this "the grace of were." We are no longer the sin we used to commit. We are no longer under the condemnation of our rebellion and failures. We are no longer slaves to the old way of life. That is what we "were"! But because the Holy Spirit entered our lives to sanctify us — to make us holy, new, clean, pure, valuable, precious — we ARE holy and right with God. We are a new creation and we live in a whole new world (2 Cor. 5:17). Such is the power of the Holy Spirit and the gift of the Spirit's grace and presence.
Prayer
O Father, thank you that I am not who I used to be. Thank you that all the old is gone and the new has come. I pray that I will live out this new life in holiness and honor, empowered by the Holy Spirit and conformed each day to be more like my Savior, Jesus, in whose name I pray. Amen.
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