Do you realize what Christ did?? I mean do you really realize what Christ did for you? This man, who came from God, came to the earth NEVER sinned, but took the punishment for the greatest sinner. Bore the most humiliating death at that time! I know I've noted that before but mannnnnnn...
Today (August 27th) is my parents wedding anniversary. This year (2012) they will be celebrating their 35th Anniversary. And I'd like to think that if you were going to ask them to sacrifice me to die for this wicked world they wouldn't do it. (I could however be wrong...sigh) But GOD did it! Jesus willing died for us ALL. Why??
Why the heck would Jesus die for this world?
There are something that I just...can't understand. That's why His grace is AMAZING.
Not only is His grace amazing but it's free! How does the saying go: The best things in life are free. So you are telling me, that I get:
- A peace that passes all understanding (Philippines 4:7, John 14:27)
- Salvation; Eternal Life (Romans 10:9)
- Forgiveness for ANYTHING I do. (Ephesians 1:7)
- Love...not just any love but UNCONDITIONAL love. (Psalm 86:15)
- Protection. (Psalm 23:4)
- Power (2 Timothy 1:7)
I could've been dead!
Sleeping in my grave;
But God blessed me to see
Another Day
And even when I did wrong
You were still there
I'm so glad that
God
Still
Hears
A
Of course it ain't all that simple. There is a force, there is a pow'r, there is a being that HATE's God's Grace. He/It/That Thang wants us all the die...to perish! You know what I'm talking about. The great Accuser. The devil doesn't want you to love God's grace. He doesn't want you to accept God's Grace. He wants you to look at it with skeptical eyes. Blind eyes. Lucado, in my favorite paragraph of the book so far talks about how the Great Accuser tries to make you feel bad...tries to blame you for everything..tries to pervert God's Grace.
"Satan never shuts up...Day after day, hour after hour. Relentless, tireless. The Accuser makes a career out of accusing...Satan's condemnation brings...regret. He has one aim: 'to steal, and to kill, and to destroy' (John 10:10). Steal your peace, kill your dreams, and destroy your future....He enlists people to peddle his position. Friends dredge up your past. Preachers preach all guilt and no grace. And parents, oh your parents. They own a travel agency that specializes in guilt trips. They distribute it twenty-four hours a day. Long into adulthood you still hear their voice: 'Why can't you grow up?' 'When are you going to make me proud?' Condemnation (is) the preferred commodity of Satan."
Now I'm not saying all this is true about everyone because I don't personally fit the parents section. I've always felt loved by my parents but I've certainly felt the other mentioned ones as well as others not listed and I know you have as well. As my previous blog, "No Condemnation" says, Jesus repeatedly said that he did NOT come here to condemn us, but to love us.
That's why Ima Christian. That's why Ima Christ follower. Jesus loves me, he gots my back no matter what! I can talk bad about him under my breath (which God still hears), I can yell/argue with him about life, I can vent to him, I can boast about him...No matter what I do, He will still love me. He loved me enough to die on the cross for me. I just wish, I just pray that everyone one day will realize God's grace. Will realize that He loves you. Realize that he wants your heart so he can guard it and keep it safe. God doesn't want your heart to eat, he doesn't want your heart cuz he's selfish. He wants your heart because He knows that it's the only way to keep it safe for an eternity. It's a fail-proof lock ya'll.
Ima end it with the song we used to sing at the end of my old church service:
Grace, grace, God's grace,
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
Grace, grace, God's grace,
Grace that is greater than all our sin.
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