Brought near by the blood of Jesus

¹¹ Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— ¹² that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.  Ephesians 2:11-13

It is by the blood of Jesus alone that we are able to draw near unto God.  Before we come to Christ we are enslaved to sin.  We are driven by the desires of our sinful nature believing that they will satisfy us.  But what we fail to understand is that as we indulge in sin more and more it deceptively destroys our life.  It seems enjoyable for a season…