The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between

by Gregory Koukl

You do not change the way you live in order to get on Jesus’ path. Rather, getting on Jesus’ path will change the way you live. Christ first catches his fish, then cleans them, the saying goes. Living the kind of life God wants us to live will not be possible until we get God’s own life inside of us first. That happens when we take a step of trust. And what exactly is it we are trusting Christ for? Two things, for the moment. First, that your sin went to Jesus’ account and his goodness went to yours. Since Jesus was punished for your crimes against God, God is not angry at you anymore.9 Indeed, he cannot be angry, since he has already poured every ounce of his anger on his Son. He is emptied of his wrath. He is satisfied.10 This thought alone could transform your life, if you let it sink in. Second, you trust that God’s own life inside of you will help you, day by day, to live as you ought.