Dale Ridge church of Christ

Following dinner one winter’s night an elderly husband & wife settled down into their favorite positions to enjoy a quite evening at home.  Nestled in his chair the husband began searching channels.  The husband took up some knitting and determined to ignore the TV.  After a time, husband thought a snack was in order.

“Say wife, I think some ice cream would be just the thing.  How about you?”

“Ok dear” came the reply.   “I’ll have some too”.

As his wife arose from the sofa, husband added “Say wife, some chocolate syrup & whipped cream would be great.”

“Yes dear”.

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       Are you living as free as Christ made you to be?  To the Christians at Rome, Paul made the great affirmation, “Therefore being justified by faith. . . .” (Rom. 5:1a).  To be justified is to be set free.  As one who is in the wrong might stand before a judge expecting and deserving a guilty verdict and instead is acquitted of all charges, Jesus likewise forgives us of all our transgressions.  As it has been well put, “’being ‘justified’ is ‘just-as-if-I-had never sinned.’”  In other words, those who have once been imprisoned by …

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