Do you know what it means to be saved
by the blood of Jesus Christ?
Jesus who,
"knew no sin became
sin."
He didn't just scoop up YOUR sins into His arms and cast them away, He became YOUR sin. Jesus became that liar, thief, adulterer, drunkard, etc., for YOU. He bore YOUR sins so that YOU would not have to suffer the torment of hell for all eternity. Jesus was bled and tortured for YOU. Jesus said,
"This is My blood... which is shed for many for the
remission of sins."
But YOU have to be one of those MANY? Jesus said,
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
YOU have to be a BELIEVING WHOSOEVER.
Don't cop-out by saying Jesus loves me
for who I am no matter what I do. The
Bible clearly says, it is God's love
that sent Jesus to the world, and the
Bible says that it is Jesus the
Saviour who will sit in judgment upon
ALL.
"Not every one that says unto Me, Lord, Lord,
Will He grade YOU on a curve because YOU were
a basically good person?
"Except a man be born of water and the [Holy]
Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God."
God created the universe by speaking it into existence,
"And God said, let there be light! and there was light."
Jesus is the Living Word,
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... All things were made by Him."
There is power in the spoken Word of God. Not only is the Word of God powerful for God, it is powerful for believers who speak it, as God tells us,
"So shall My Word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void [empty], but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."
The Word of God is not a magical incantation, it's God's promise to the world. God gave His Word to seal His promise. His name is Jesus, but YOU have to believe in order to be,
"Heirs according to the promise."
God's will is a legal and binding document called the Book of Life.
Heavenly
Father,
Amen
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