No Guilt in Life, No Fear in Death

Hello All!

Today, I sit on my bed, listening to a song, and its absolutely beautiful.
Its a song by Adam Young, but most people know him as Owl City.
He recorded a song, that is unfortunately not available for download
as of now, but you can listen to it on his blog. It is his version of In Christ Alone.

In Christ alone, my hope is found


He is my light, my strength, my song


This cornerstone, this solid ground


Firm through the fiercest drought and storm


What heights of love, what depths of peace


When fears are stilled, when strivings cease


My comforter, my all-in-all


Here in the love of Christ I stand

There in the ground His body lay


Light of the world by darkness slain


Then bursting forth in glorious day


Up from the grave He rose again!

And as He stands in victory


Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me


For I am His and He is mine


Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death


This is the power of Christ in me


From life’s first cry to final breath


Jesus commands my destiny


No power of hell, no scheme of man


Can ever pluck me from His hand


Till He returns or calls me home


Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand
For some reason,  I can describe why,but it made my soul soar. I cried and I cried, tears of realization of what had been done for me, and tears of joy, because I know what I must do. We must love those, of all placed and all backgrounds. Despite our differences and despite the fact that we are possibly supposed to hate each other, we must love each other. He has given us so much, he has given us faith, and hope, and love that cannot be matched. God's love for us is firm and unable to be moved. He has given us each a gift and abilities and power. Inside us, his children, he has given us the ability to love everyone in a way that is different from others of the world. No fear in life no guilt in death, this is the power Christ has given us!
We have no reason to be afraid of anything!
If our God is with us then what should be fear but Him? I have problems with this one, I am so afraid of everything. If someone comes up behind me, I jump it scares me so much. I am even afraid to pray in the dark! Its ridiculous I know, but it happens to me. Sometimes I don't even do what i know that He wants me to do because I am scared of who knows what. But in reality, what is there to be afraid of? What is there to fear, not Man nor Angels nor Demons, nor Satan himself!  "No power of hell, no scheme of man, can ever pluck me from His hand"! If the love of our lives is Jesus Christ and our biggest fear is loosing Him, then what is there to fear? That verse in Romans that I need to memorize that say that there is no height nor death or anything that could ever separate us from the love of Christ!
And the second, No guilt in death. This one is fully baffling because we simply do too many things that we feel guilty about. I have a huge conscience and I know when I've done something wrong because the guilt stays with me until I fix it. Because of what has been done for us, we are able to approach the throne of Grace without blame all because of Jesus. We don't have a day of atonement where we have to perform rituals and sacrifices in order to be forgiven because all we have to do is ask Him and He will tell us that He has forgiven us long before the act was committed, all because we have put our faith in Him. All because God sent his only begotten Son so that all who believe in him will not perish but have eternal life. Oh death you have lost your sting! When we go home I pray that the words I will hear are "Well done, my good and faithful servant."

Because Fearlessness coupled with Guiltlessness coupled with the Will Of God... makes us unstoppable.