Christ the Misunderstood

"Jesus Christ can afford to be misunderstood; we cannot. Our weakness lies in always wanting to vindicate ourselves. " Oswald Chambers

If we accept that we have victory in Christ, then there is no need to vindicate ourselves in the first place!

Romans 8: 37 needs to be written on the walls of every believer's mind:

"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."

Why this victory -- or more accurately, hyper-victory?:

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

"Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8: 38-39)

Love never fails (cf 1 Corinthians 13: 7), so as we live in Love -- and God is love, then we have nothing to fear:

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." (1 John 4: 18)

We are more than conquerors in Christ from the moment that we trust Him as Savior:

"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

"Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

"And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:" (Ephesians 2: 4-6)

We reign in life (Romans 5: 17) by the power of the Holy Spirit, who causes Christ to live in us, our hope of glory (cf Colossians 1: 27). and through Him:

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 15: 57)

If we are winners in Christ, then we have no need to vindicate ourselves before men!