You have joyfully received Jesus as Lord and Savior and are no longer His enemy.

“But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test [peirazo] Me, you hypocrites?” (Matt 22:18)

“For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” (Rom 5:10)

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom 5:1)

“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” (Rom 5:6)

For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” (Rom 5:10)

“that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” (2Cor 5:19)

And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” (1Cor 6:11)

“And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled” (Col 1:21)

“For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.” (Tit 3:3)

“For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.” (1Pet 4:3)

“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.” (Eph 2:1-3)

“Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.” (Col 3:6-7)

“Shall we pay, or shall we not pay? But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do you test [peirazo] Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it.” (Mk 12:15)

“But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, Why do you test [peirazo] Me?” (Lk 20:23)

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out [ekcheo] in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” (Rom 5:5)

“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Rom 15:13)

“The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.” (Phil 4:9)

Reading: Heb 3-5; Matt 22