With the start of the new year, comes a new commitment to finish the series I started a long time ago. Experiencing Christ Within by Dwight Edwards is a wonderful and transforming Bible series I’m happy to get back to. I’ve posted the entire series to date on Portrait of Faith, my Bible study site. Here’s the latest installment.

Many believers see themselves as sinners covered by the blood of Jesus. Or as Dwight Edwards puts it many believers see themselves like “costume jewelry. Worthless metal covered with an attractive coating.” But he goes on to explain that we’re more like tarnished silver.

“While we’re covered by the infinite righteousness of Christ, we’re also new creations in Christ (silver) clothed in an earth suit that is sin-saturated (tarnished.) The new you isn’t a sinner but rather a saint who struggles with the tarnish of sin. We’re golden eagles with prairie-chicken tendencies still hanging on.”

This lesson from Edwards had a profound impact on me….

To read the rest visit Portrait of Faith. 

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