Accepting the Lord Jesus Christ causes a radical change to happen in a person’s life. A person goes from being dead in sin, headed for wrath, an enemy, awaiting judgment to condemnation and being under the bondage of sin to one who is loved, justified, righteous, saved from wrath, reconciled to God, saved by Christ’s life, to have joy in God, to have received the atonement, to eternal life under abundance of grace. The Scripture declares that a believer should reign in life, walk in newness of life. Reigning in life has many aspects and it is worth every believer’s effort to study God’s Word to better understand all that Jesus Christ has made possible. Some of these aspects include:
- Justified from things it was not possible to be justified under the Law of Moses
- Greater grace and truth than was ever available prior to the work of Jesus Christ
- Sons of the Living God
- No longer living in fear of death
- Never separated from God despite the challenges and circumstances of life
- The hope of Christ’s return as an anchor of the soul
- An inheritance in eternity
- Filled with the fullness of God
- And so much more …
It is incumbent on every believer to walk according to all that he or she has been given, to reign in life because of the work of Jesus Christ.