“Gospel Amnesia”

(Told ya’ there’d be a lot of blogs generated by CCEF authors Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp’s new book, How People Change. I hope that you get this book!)

Profs. Lane and Tripp explain that I live anxiously because I have gospel amnesia. (Isn’t that the best turn of a phrase?! Man, these guys can write.)

– I am anxious because I forget my identity is in Christ.
– I am anxious because I take on my problems as identities.
– I forget that I have everything I need for life and godliness through Christ.

Friends, we are called to remember God’s identity, provision, and process for our lives!

Remember … change is the norm for everyone.
And it is the gospel of Jesus Christ that changes us!
 

– Not just past grace (I AM forgiven!)
– Not just future grace (I get to go to Heaven!)
– But present grace … here and now … Christ gives me all I need for LIFE TODAY.

Oh yeah … and what is God’s PROCESS for working this change in me? The Church. God sanctifies us in the Church. We learn to live in a cycle of repentance & confession & forgiveness … in the Church.

Thank You, God, for the Church!
And for forgiving my “gospel amnesia” (over and over again).