A RECONCILED LIFE
PSALM 130:3 (CEB)
If you kept track of sins, LORD—
my Lord, who would stand a chance?
2 CORINTHIANS 5:19 (CEB)
In other words, God was reconciling the world to himself through Christ, by not counting people’s sins against them. He has trusted us with this message of reconciliation.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Through Christ God is eliminating his record-keeping office.
PRAYER
Gracious God, how can it be that you'd not count my sins against me. Forgive me for my failure to let go of the mindset which sets you up as the sin cop. Free me from both my sins and my fears. I'm going to live a reconciled life. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
