A little recap is
in order. In the last post we learned, that through the Word of God, that we
were created by Father. In this post we need to learn exactly why, that Father
created the human race.
Revelation 4:11
Thou art worthy,
O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all
things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
If you will think
about it we were created to worship something. Every person worships whatever
they find to be the most important thing in their lives. We idolize almost
everything, throughout our lives. Father knew the way that we are, and once
again gave us the guidance that we need. Exodus 20:5-6 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:
for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them
that hate me; 6 And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
With that being
said, if I don’t move on, there will be a third page to write. That really
would not be a bad thing either. Moving on to the role, which Jesus had, in our
lives. One of the greatest verses in the Bible is without any doubt John 3:16.
Most of us know this verse by heart, and rightfully so, because of the extreme
power involved within the context. It is so powerful we tend to not connect the
dots around it.
The next verse is
the one that I want to use right now. John
3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Jesus was sent to be our Savior!! I think that most of us
understand that also. The question still remains of why. Why would Jesus even
care anything, about going through all that He went through to rescue, a bunch
of ungrateful, heathen folks, like me?
Because,….For God
so loved…., and because God so love; Jesus so loved the Father!! Jesus will always do everything to please the
Father, even to the point of bringing Fathers children, back into a relationship
with Father!! This is going to get really good, because it is giving us the
opportunity to receive something that we did not deserve to have. I have heard
preachers say that we deserved Hell. However, I think that it would have been a
lot better than we deserved, or at least, what I deserved to have as my reward!!
Before I go on into
more depth I need to post a couple verses. John 10:30 I and my Father are one. 1John 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because
that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through
him. Other than the part about
the relationship between Father, and Jesus, the truth is found in the last part
of this verse. That we might live our lives through our Lord, and Savior, Jesus
Christ.
Most all the
scriptural references, to show exactly how this works, are found in the New
Testament. The Apostle Paul wrote the largest part of them that I plan to use,
but the other writing Apostles did contribute. Paul wrote so many
illustrations, that it is hard to pick, and choose them. This is just one
example of what we have in Jesus. 1Corinthians
1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of
God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and
redemption: In the second book of Corinthians, we find that we are
representatives of Jesus, and that He is where our righteousness comes from.
2Corinthians 5:20-21 Now then we are
ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you
in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no
sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
In the book of
Peter this is one of the things that he said.
1Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
I might need to
take a second, to give you a few words, of definition of the word;
Righteousness, Righteous, or righteously. Good,
innocent, moral, worthy, upright, clean-hand, guiltless, sound, honorable,
piety, justness, and justice. I can tell you that don’t really
sound much like what I think of myself.
How about you?
This is something
that Father said a long, long time ago. Leviticus 19:2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am
holy. Honestly, I would have
been up the Nile, without a paddle!! I never had any righteousness, or holiness
about me, but thanks be to Jesus. That is one of His benefits to us that have
received Him. Ephesians 4:24 And that ye put
on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
The bottom line for
me was the fact that I was hopeless, and helpless. I needed a miracle in my life,
because I was rotten to the core. I had done almost everything that I could
have done wrong. The truth is that most folks didn’t care to be around me. How could they? I was not to be trusted. The best way to tell if I was lying would be,
if my lips were moving. I was busted, disgusting, and could not be
trusted!!
But Jesus…. Ain’t God good?
Much Love
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