In 1 Corinthians 6 v 11 we read,' And that is what some of you were'. What were they? ,'sexually immoral ,idolaters ,adulterers,homosexuals, thieves,greedy,drunkards, slanders, swindlers,In that state they were cut off from the kingdom of God/ ( 1Cor 6 v9 ff).Paul goes unto say how things changed by the grace of God,and he mentioned ,from being excluded from God's kingdom,that now they were changed,and he mentions three things,they were washed,were sanctified ,and justified.One commentator points out,'that these verbs ,indicate an once-for-all event,which had completely transformed them.John Calvin maintained that all three terms refer to the same thing,though from different aspects. Our sins have been washed away,we are set apart to be God's,and our totally accepted by God.all this in the precious name of Jesus, and we are empowered by God's holy Spirit.No longer lost we are found,no longer under the wrath of God,but have been saved from the wrath to come.no longer at war with God,but have peace with God,no longer children of disobedience,and of Satan,but Children of God, no longer slaves of sin,we are truly free,no longer earth bound ,and hell bound, but heaven bound.
'When Jesus becomes your Saviour
then all things are changed.'
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