Remember

Chandler (The Village Church) said something that was worth mentioning: Luke 22:39- 23:56 On the cross, there are all these places to go: the atoning work of God, etc. on all that is taking place in this moment. But the thing that struck my heart the most as I was thinking and dwelling and preparing, is not just the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, but also the death of the sinful man, Matt Chandler, in the cross of Jesus Christ and that every offense, every thought, every wickedness, every bit of shame, every lie, every stumble,every foolish fantasy, every petty fear, every sin that was an offense to Christ, to God, all that separated me from Him was crucified on the cross with Him... In the cross of Christ, all that made Matt Chandler an enemy of God was poured out on Him, absorbed completely by Him, so that I am no longer under wrath, but under mercy. I've come here to celebrate my own funeral. I've come to just sit in my own death. I've come in to sing and celebrate that "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20)." And so celebration tonight is that all that could me accused of me before the Living God, every sin imaginable that the accuser could bring before God, Jesus at His right hand would say, "No, I paid for that. This is my adopted son, perfect, spotless, pure, holy, Mine." Christ paid for it. I want to celebrate that I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And that the cross was my death too.