July 13

Heb 10:3-4
But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

The old covenant had a built in mechanism to be reminded of your sin. The new covenant has a built in mechanism for you to forget your sin because it has been dealt with. So why are we reminded how sinful we are? Why do we keep rehearsing our sinfulness? Why do we tell others of their faults so readily and become reminders of their sin? That is the old covenant right? It is time to tell others who they are in Christ, and to do the same to ourselves instead of singing the song of our horribleness. It is time to encourage on another and spur one another on towards good works which will come from telling people who they are in Christ and not who they act like sometimes in the flesh. Like Paul says elsewhere, you used to do these things..., but now you do these things because you are in Christ. Let's call people who Christ has destined them to be!