Christian - forgiven - grateful

Welcome! My name is Richard Templin Hancock and I am a senior citizen who has found great peace in his old age in the forgiveness that Jesus Christ offers to sinners. I enjoy reading my Bible and recording short Devotional podcasts with the aim to encourage us all to have faith in God and follow His Son Jesus Christ every day.
I hope the following blog posts will be an encouragement to you:

How God Sees You

Here's how God views you, through the blood sacrifice of Christ:

Colossians 1:22 states: "yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him." This means that through Christ's sacrifice, you have been brought back into relationship with God, and He sees you as holy, flawless, and without fault.

Ephesians 1:4 also tells us: "even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love." This highlights that God's plan from before the world even began was for you to be seen as holy and perfect in His eyes, all because of your connection to Christ.

Furthermore, Ephesians 5:27 describes the outcome for believers: "That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." This powerful imagery shows that Christ has made believers, the church, glorious and perfect in His sight, free from any imperfection.

Dear Christian, see yourself as God sees you.