Jesus is not just in the business of saving us from our sins.
He is interested, fully interested, in restoring to us all that was lost.
When Adam sinned against God, the first man lost his standing as ruler over the earth.
When Jesus died on the Cross, He not only restored our standing, but granted us something greater -- that as Christ is, so are we in this world!
"17For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5: 17)
Moreover, through Christ's death and Resurrection, we have been taken from dead in our trespasses to alive and seated in heavenly places in Christ:
"And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; . . .6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2: 1, 6-7)
Jesus Christ restored to us our standing before God. In fact, we now have a better standing, one which even Adam did not have:
"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." (1 John 4: 17)
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