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Peace With God

Monday, February 8, 2010

Peace With God

This is the peace made by God. When we were alienated from the righteous, holy God

He made peace with us through Jesus Christ on the Cross. While we were yet sinners

Jesus Christ died for us. He redeemed us. He set us free. He rescued us from sin, death

and destruction. He transformed our disposition towards Him while we were totally

helpless, hopeless and clueless. He established us in Him. He attributed the righteous

standing of Jesus to us. He made us His friends and sons. He made peace with us who were

far and with those who were near. He set us free. He asserted that we are saved by grace

through faith, His work  and entirely His doing. We can express our joy and gratitude, our

surprise and amazement at this. We praise His Name and thank Him forever.

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS! WE PRAISE YOU! WE ADORE YOU!THANK YOU
FATHER! THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT!

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By Faith

Sunday, February 7, 2010

By Faith

By faith in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior we have peace with God.

(Romans 5.1).

This is the unconditional peace of God that extends beyond circumstances.

By faith we are declared righteous by God. We are pronounced, ” Not guilty!”

By faith the invisible reality of eternity enters our present time. The potent

reality of the divine enters our current concrete condition. This is because

by faith we become the “new man” under the death, burial and resurrection of

Jesus Christ as witnessed in our baptism we belong to God Who gives life to the

dead and calls the things that are not as though they were. We are born from above,

born of the Spirit, into a new and living hope that never perishes, we enter through the

narrow gate, through Jesus the gate of life, the door of the sheepfold. He is the Door

for the sheep:

“I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved. He will come in and go out

and find pasture.”

John 10.9).

By faith we are saved and this necessary conviction, this prerequisite trust is given to us by God

as an absolute gift.

The new reality, the TRUTH that we are now new men is evident at the gate beyond which it is

humanly impossible to proceed. It is only made possible to us because of  the Cross of Christ

Jesus and His Resurrection. We trust Him Who is the Resurrection and the Life. No one

can come to the Father except through Jesus Christ. ” I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me”. ( John 14.6).

And no one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him:

” No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts and draws him and

gives him the desire to come to Me, and I will raise him up from the dead at the last day.”

(John 6.44).

Because of the Father drawing us and the faith he bestowed on us to trust in Christ Jesus

our Lord and Savior we are saved and have right standing with Him. We have peace with God

and are counted righteous because in Christ His righteousness is imputed to us due to faith

which is His gift also. Therefore in our weakness we are strong, in our poverty we are rich,

in our deadness we are alive and in our smallness we are great. The last are first, the least

are best, the lost are found, the sad are glad, the blind see, the lame jump for joy  and the

slaves are set free. Because He takes up your cause. He takes your side. He gives you

His victory. He always causes us to triumph. We are more than conquerors through Him

Who loves us. He Who has begun a good work in you shall also perfect it. He has placed us

in the center of His will. He has promised us we shall see His salvation in the Land of the Living.

He promised us we will be in His Kingdom.

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No Fear

Saturday, February 6, 2010

No Fear

There is no fear in love. But perfect full grown, complete love casts out fear. For fear brings

with it the thought of punishment, so he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love.

We love Him, because He first loved us.

(I. John 4.18 & 19).

Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

through Him we have our access by faith into this grace (state of God’s favor) in which we firmly

ans safely stand. And let us rejoice and exult in hope of experiencing and enjoying the glory of God.

(Romans 5.1 &2).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVER AND EVER!

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External vs Eternal

Saturday, February 6, 2010

External vs Eternal

All men and women have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

This is one thing we all have in common and in this we have to agree.

Humans do not have the glory of God. When we exalt ourselves we

shall be abased. On the contrary when we abase ourselves we shall be

elevated. The problem of sin plagues all mankind. The problem of sin

is widespread and pervasive. The forgiveness of sin is only possible

on the basis of faith. The problem of faith is in believing what is unseen.

That is why Jesus Christ has said: ” Blessed are they that have not seen

and yet believed.” Recognizing that apart from the fact of faith there is

no escape is a clear-headed appraisal of the human condition. The grace

of God is manifested in that while we were yet sinners Jesus Christ died

for us instead of us.

Recognizing that we all need God’s forgiveness is not a pessimistic assessment,

a depressing thought, a sense of deep regret or remorse, a foreboding or

dejected state of mind. It is a simple statement of fact. Regardless of how good,

kind, charitable, helpful, spiritual or obedient we are, the simple fact remains that

all have sinned, there is none good, no, not one. All have sinned and all have come

short of the glory of God. Because of this rich and poor, wise and foolish, fat and skinny,

young and old of any nation all share in the same quality of sinfulness, therefore are

pronounced guilty. The good news, indeed the Best News Ever announces God’s love

and goodness towards us. The only way to be saved is by God’s grace. His grace is

expressed in Jesus Christ on the cross. He has conquered sin and death once and for all.

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS!

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Invisible

Friday, February 5, 2010

INVISIBLE

Jesus Christ is our righteousness. He is our Redeemer. He is our justification and sanctification.

He is our Light and Life, our peace and reconciliation, our wisdom and power. He is our Freedom.

He gives us faith to believe in Him. Faith comes from hearing the Word of God. The Gospel is the

power of God to save  everyone who believes.

HALLELUJAH! PRAISE THE LORD JESUS!

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What Abraham Saw

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Jesus said that Abraham saw the day of Jesus and rejoiced.

Abraham saw that Jesus will as the Lord of Lords, King of Kings and the Righteous Judge will sit

to judge the world in righteousness. Moses and the prophets saw it too.

We know that a cloud of faithful witnesses surrounding us have seen the day when God’s righteousness will

be established. The hope of human yearning will be fulfilled.

The expectation of nature will be satisfeied. The non-sense of history will make sense.

Injustice will yield to justice. Faith will be sight and every eye shall see.

” Seek the Lord while he made be found and call upon Him while he is near,

let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts,

let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God,

for he will abundantly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.

for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways,

and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until

they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower

and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not

return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing

for which I sent it.

For you shall go out in joy and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you

shall burst into song and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Instead of the thorn shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial,

for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

(Isaiah 55. 6-13).

We too can see with the eyes of faith beyond the external, behold the eternal!

Abraham knew that God is the original promise keeper and that He will never forsake you nor leave you.

Here is what Abraham saw:

” By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance;

and he set out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised,

as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he

looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. By faith he received power of

procreation, even though he was too old- and Sarah herself was barren-because he considered Him faithful Who had

promised. Therefore from one person, and this one as good as dead, descendants were born, ‘as many as the stars

of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.’”

(Hebrews 11. 8-12).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

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YES!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

YES!

In Christ Jesus all of God’s promises are Yes and Amen!

This means that the unrighteousness and ungodliness of mankind has been crossed by God.

This means that the ugliness of sin has been wiped away.

This means that the despair in the human soul is dissolved.

This means that the emptiness in the human heart is filled.

This means that the lie of the enemy has been exposed.

This means that the day of salvation is here.

This means that hope is restored, faith triumphs and love lives on.

This means that the call of God is going out to everyone to taste and see that the Lord is good.

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

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NOW

Monday, February 1, 2010

NOW

Due to the mercy shown us by God in Christ Jesus, the right relationship between God and man is now possible.

Now eternity has come. Now heaven has touched earth. Now God has pronounced His decision to free us from

the bondage of sin, death and decay. He has given us His victory. He has granted us forgiveness based on faith

that is given us by Him. We now know. The Unknown God, the Lord of heaven and earth, Who dwells not in temples

made with hands, Who needs not anything, seeing that He Himself gives to all life and breath and all things. He blesses

mankind with good things in order that they may sek Him Who is not far from each one of us in Whom we live and move

and have our being and we are His offspring. We are His children. While in the past God has overlooked the times of ignorance,

now  He commands all people everywhere to repent, because He has fixed a day on which He will have the world judged in

righteousness by Jesus the Resurrected Christ. The Son of God and the Son of man. Now has appeared the salvation of our God.

This is the day of salvation. Now is the time to answer His call and now is the time to receive His salvation and accept Him

as your Lord and Savior.

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

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God’s Decision

Sunday, January 31, 2010

God’s Decision

God the Creator and Lord decided to commit Himself to the humans He created and became one of us so we can be His.

His justice and His Kingdom are proclaimed in His Word. His Word is Truth and everlasting.

The more we are informed and instructed by His Word the better we learn to obey Him.

God’s decision to forgive our sins on the basis of His sacrifice and our faith is His righteousness and glory.

The Father pronounces us to be righteous because of the faith He gave us in His Son Jesus Christ.

He  pronounces us to be His sons because we are accepted in His beloved Son.

He pronounces us to be free. He pronounces us to be holy. He pronounces us to be wise.

” But now, apart from the Law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed and is attested

by the Law and the prophets, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all

who believe. For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;

they are now justified by His grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, Whom

God put forth as a sacrifice of atonement by His blood, effective through faith. He did this to show His

righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over the sins previously committed;

it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteousand that He justifies the one who has

faith in Jesus.

Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the Law of Faith.

For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from the works prescribed by the Law.”

(Romans 3.21-28).

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU! WE PRAISE YOUR NAME FOREVER! THANK YOU LORD JESUS!

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God’s Righteousness

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

God’s Righteousness

But, now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether

apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the prophets.

(Romans 3.21).

It is truly vital to rightly understand that this is a fallen world, our predicament in it is indeed dire,

we are helpless, hopeless and desperate and apart from God’s grace this world is doomed.

All we like sheep have gone astray, everyone to his own way. There is none that does good, not one.

The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, who can know it? All have sinned and come short of

the glory of God. The Law and the Prophets clearly expound the Fix we are in. St. Paul said that

there is no good in him, he could not do what he should do and did what he should not do.

We are bound in time and space, limited in possibility and ability. However, we have eternity

set in our hearts as Solomon said. We know there has to be a point to it all and we reflect on

our origin, a time when there was abundance, peace, love and only goodness in the Garden

where Adam and Eve strolled with God in the cool of the day. There was a time when the

sun stood still and time stopped upon Gibeon and the moon did not move in the valley of

Ayalon. We know there is a future with no pain, no sorrow, no tears and no war. We know

there is a future resurrection when the graves will be opened and the sea will give up the

dead. We know that there is a judgeement coming when the Jesus Christ will judge everyone

righteously because He is the righteous Son of God and Son of man. He is our righteousness.

He is our redeemer. He is our future.

But, now, refers to the new order of things, to the shape of things to come and our escape of

the desperate Fix we are in. This is because the Kingdom has come to us. The Kingdom is

among us , because the King has come. The King of kings and Lord of lords has come.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, says St. John in Revelation, for the first heaven and

the first earth are passed away.

But, now we hear the voice of God which is heard in the Law and has also spoken by the

prophets, speaking through the Holy Spirit and  guiding us. But, now in these last days

God has spoken to us in the Person of His Son, Whom He appointed Heir and lawful Owner

of all things, also by and through Whom He created the worlds and the reaches of space

and the ages of time (He made, produced, built, operated and arranged them in order).

He is the sole expression of the glory of God (the Light-being, the out-raying, the radiance

of the divine) and He is the perfect imprint and very image of God’s nature, upholding and

maintaining, guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He

had by offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He sat down

at the right hand of the divine majesty on high.

(Hebrews 1.2 & 3).

HALLELUJAH! PRAISE, HONOR, GLORY AND POWER BE UNTO JESUS WHOM THE HOLY FATHER HAS

SEATED AT HIS RIGHT! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!

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