Romans 51 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 throughwhom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 4

17......God, who gives life to the dead and callsthose things which do not exist as though they did.

1 Cor. 15:22. - For as in Adam all die even so in Christ all shall be made alive

We are either in Christ or in Adam. All of us are born with Adam's nature, and are therefore liable to the death which that nature incurred. In contrast if we are in Christ what flows down to us is everything that comes from Christ.

Joshua3:14-16 So it was, when the people set out from their camp to cross over the Jordan, with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, and as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks during the whole time of harvest), that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

Where Jesus was baptised by John was between Adam and the final destination of the Jordan the Salt or Dead Sea. Jesus was anointed to be the one who would cut off the flow from Adam. The lamb of God that would take away the sins of the world by taking the punishment that we deserve by being crucified and dying in our place.

2 Corinthians 5:17-18 Therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new. Now all things are of God who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ therefore I no longer live but Christ lives in me and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loves me and gave Himself for me.

2 Corinthians 4:13 I believed therefore I spoke.

If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. Old things have passed away behold ALL THINGS are made new. 2.Cor.5:17

Get yourself a new heart and a new spirit Ezekiel 18:31

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20

Put on the new man which was created according to God in true righteousness and holiness Ephesians 4:24

God drew a line in time at the cross.

When Jesus died He cried out " It is finished" - all that He came to do had been accomplished. He had taken upon Himself all of our sin, all of our shame, all of our sickness, all of our sorrow, all of our frailty and weakness.

In Exodus 15:26 God says "I am Yahweh Ropheka" A translation of the Hebrew is "I am the Lord who heals you." This is the first revelation that God gives in the bible through one of His names of his nature and character.

Hebrews 12.2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus the author and the finisher of our faith.

Faith is not about what we see with our natural eyes

The things that are seen are temporary

The things which are unseen are eternal

Two crowds heading in opposite directions

There is a way that seems right to a man but its end is the way of death - Proverbs 14:12

What you say will determine the course of your life and can change the course of someone else's life.