Answer: Because by faith I am a member of Christ and so share in his anointing. I am anointed to confess his name, to present myself to him as a living sacrifice of thanks, to strive with a free conscience against sin and the devil in this life, and afterwards to reign with Christ over all creation for all eternity.
-from a sixteenth century catechism, cf. I John 2:20, 21
Amen! “who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” That we who have been redeemed by the blood of Christ would walk worthy of the calling by which we were raised from spiritual death into His glorious light.
Because He first loved me and I can love Him back with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength!