Nothing will prove so helpful to us as Christians in overcoming “Sin” as the full appreciation of Christ’s shed blood and death of the cross… for both, our sins committed, and for dealing with the Sin-nature. The Bible teaches:

Some years ago I shared some of the gospel with the wife of a business associate. She was Jewish, an intellectual, and a psychologist. Her question to me was; Why is Christianity so bloody? Interestingly, if she was a real Jew, a believing Jew she would recognize the value of ‘innocent shed blood’ in God’s eyes.

Trusting believers of all ages are in fact blessed. “Blessed is that man who Maketh The Lord His Trust.” (Psa. 40:4).

 “…the gospel… is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth” (Col. 1:5-6).

How wonderful to see the gospel of the grace of God do its work! Paul had never even seen the Colossians. He had only sent missionaries to them from Ephesus with the good news of the grace of God, but this had produced amazing results.