In the Gospel, Christ is set before His people crucified, and they renounce their own works and trust in Christ alone for forgiveness for all their sins. They are children, then, not of the bondwoman, but of the free: they are the children of promise, the true seed of Abraham. They, therefore, make much of Christ and in beholding in the Scriptures the glory of Jesus Christ, they are changed into His image, not by the flesh, but by the mighty power of the Holy Spirit. For the first time, they become willing and able to truly live for Christ, for their lives are now lives of thankfulness and love |
