Pensamientos sobre el Verso de Hoy
Cuando nombramos a Jesús en el bautismo y confiamos en Él cómo nuestro Salvador, morimos al pecado. En su muerte, morimos a la muerte y pasamos de la muerte a la vida por nuestra fe en Jesús y en el poder de Dios (ver Juan 5:24; Colosenses 2:12). Nuestras vidas han sido ligadas a Jesús, y su futuro glorioso llega a ser el nuestro también (Colosenses 3:1-4). No estamos bajo la ley, sino la gracia. Debemos responder al don de la gracia con pasión a ser santos. Debemos de abrirnos a la obra transformadora del Espíritu Santo, quien nos cambia para ser como Jesús (2 Corintios 3:18). Somos hijos de la gracia. No estamos esclavizados al pecado, sino liberados por la gracia para llegar a ser todo lo que Dios nos creó para ser, su obra (Efesios 2:1-10). ¡El pecado no será nuestro amo!
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
As we called on Jesus' name in baptism and trusted him to be our Savior, we died to sin (Romans 6:3-4). By sharing in his death and resurrection, we died to dying (Romans 6:8-10; John 11:25-26). We passed from death to life because of our faith in Jesus and God's power (John 5:24). Our life is joined with Jesus, and his glorious future becomes our own (Colossians 2:12, 3:1-4). We are not under law, but grace. Let's respond to the gift of grace with passion and with zeal to be holy. Let's open ourselves to the transforming work of the Holy Spirit, who is daily at work transforming us to become more like Jesus with ever-increasing glory (2 Corinthians 3:18). We are grace-children. We don't earn our righteousness. We don't keep laws to be owed salvation. In fact, we could never succeed at such a venture. We are not in bondage to sin, but liberated by grace to be all that God has made us to be — his craftsmanship, his artistry created to do good works (Ephesians 2:1-10). So let's refuse to let sin be our master and live fully into the grace we have received!
Mi oración
Purifica mi corazón, Amado Señor y Padre y hazlo nuevo y vivo a tu gracia y muerto al pecado que en un momento lo tenía cautivo. En el nombre de Jesús, Amén.
My Prayer...
Purify my heart, dear Lord, and make it new and alive to your grace and dead to the sin that once entangled me. By grace I rejoice and choose to live by the power of your Spirit. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
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