When God Says …
“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:17-18 KJV)
These are such very serious passages of truth that the God we worship, as a born again child of The Lord Most High, is not a condemning God. Condemnation is not of God. It is of a person's self-act of choice not to believe in Christ Jesus. Our God is the God who saves! And, He saves by grace through faith in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:8-9), the Father's only begotten Son, who is full of grace and truth (John 1:14).
The Father sent Jesus on a mission to rescue us. He came to take our place to die on the cross as ransom for our sins past, present and future - all our sins (Colossians 2:13-14). He was our executional substitute! So now, we are free and sustained forever by His saving grace through faith in Him (1 Corinthians 1:4-8).
Apostle Paul exhorts and reminds us with these words: “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:1-7 ESV)
And I say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)
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