We were enslaved to our corrupt nature. We were objects that were offensive to God. This is life without Jesus. Doubly sinful, with our inherited fallenness, and the wilful enjoyment of living in a world without him.
BUT... the Christian, the truster in Jesus, becomes wrapped in Jesus, is in Christ, with Christ. And the same power that wrenched Jesus from death and made him not only alive but seated him in glory has raised us, and is now for us. All by grace, so that a Christian should be full of praise, not boasting. And that same grace puts us to work for God. Not in the sense of paying him back, not out of gratitude - but we have been made new, with a new purpose: to do the works God prepared in advance for us to do.
Why is it that words that were once and should always be releasing and joy-giving can become stale and unimpressive?
The reapings of a sinful heart that doesn't naturally rejoice in what is glorious I guess. God free me to be astounded by his grace and to praise him as I ought.
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