"I am just a rebel"

One of my dearly loved ,godly, elderly women I know has often said to me, "I am just a rebel".

She is silly and sweet so when I first heard her say this years ago I thought she was being silly. Eventually, she said this again to me, and that was when I realized she was stating a truth to me. 

A real truth.

I began to understand this real truth. Yes, she is a sinner, saved by God's grace in Jesus Christ! but she is still a rebel, a sinner in her own life. She loves the LORD, but she acknowledges that she is still a rebel.

I began to look at myself in this way. Yes, I am a sinner, but now with more of a genuine understanding, I am a rebel. Somehow this gave me a deeper meaning of "sinner", a rebel really wants their own way!

And so in my life I have come to realize even more and more how much Jesus gave me when He died on that cross. I still commit sins, I am still a rebel, but thank God and praises to His Name that I am at His feet and saved by His marvelous grace!

Romans 5:6-8
"...For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us..."

Ephesians 1:7-8a
"...In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us..."

1 Timothy 1:15-17
"...It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all. Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen..."

Acts 4:12
And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved..."
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