"He has saved us from the power of darkness and carried us into the kingdom of the Son of His love...And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight"
So incredibly amazing we need the Holy Spirit to believe it.
Colossians 1:13, 21-22
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unfair
The opening verse to the song "Before The Cross" from the Sovereign Grace worship album "Songs From The Cross Centered Life" says:
My Savior’s sacrifice paid for all my sin
So in my suffering I look to the cross again
No need, no want, no trial, no pain
Can compare to this
The wrath of God, once meant for me
Was all spent on Him
Isaiah 53:5,10
"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our
iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his
wounds we are healed."
"Yet it was the LORD'S will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and
though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring
and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand."
(If I ever say that life is unfair, please quote these verses to me... please.)
Jesus really did pay it all.
When we sing "Jesus paid it all" we should know that he truly did pay it all. When Christ died he did not just pay for our sin, no he paid for so much more. When Christ died he bought everything blessing that God gives us. Everything God blesses us with is because the blood of Christ. Christ also bought the bad things in our life that God uses for good. Every bad thing that God uses for his will was bought with Christ's blood.
The only thing we deserve is eternity in hell. Thats it. Yet God in his grace and mercy offers us eternity in heaven. When I think about this I can not help but think about how sinful I am and how holy God is. Why would such a holy and just God offer his own son for a horrible sinner like me. The amazing thing is not only does God spare us from his wrath but he goes even further and blesses us.
All things come from God and all things were purchased for us by the blood of Christ. Praise Jesus, The spotless lamb of God who humbled himself for us. Praise his name forever.
The only thing we deserve is eternity in hell. Thats it. Yet God in his grace and mercy offers us eternity in heaven. When I think about this I can not help but think about how sinful I am and how holy God is. Why would such a holy and just God offer his own son for a horrible sinner like me. The amazing thing is not only does God spare us from his wrath but he goes even further and blesses us.
All things come from God and all things were purchased for us by the blood of Christ. Praise Jesus, The spotless lamb of God who humbled himself for us. Praise his name forever.
Cleanse me
Psalm 51:1-2
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
Mercy
James 2:8-13
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said "Do not murder," If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For the judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement.
If we want God to show us mercy on the day he judges us, we better show mercy to everybody now. James clearly says that mercy will not be shown to those who do not show mercy. If we show certain people mercy but not everybody, James says that we are sinning.
If we truely understand God's mercy toward us we will in turn show mercy to everyone. If we truely understand what Christ did for us we will humble ourselves and show mercy toward everyone. We can't just show mercy to the people we like or the people who deserve it, we must show mercy to our enemies and to people who don't neccesarly deserve it. We must show mercy to the people who don't deserve it, because we don't derserve the mercy that God has shown us.
Let us not judge one another but show mercy. For if we judge one another and do not show mercy, we will be judged and shown no mercy.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said "Do not murder," If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For the judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement.
If we want God to show us mercy on the day he judges us, we better show mercy to everybody now. James clearly says that mercy will not be shown to those who do not show mercy. If we show certain people mercy but not everybody, James says that we are sinning.
If we truely understand God's mercy toward us we will in turn show mercy to everyone. If we truely understand what Christ did for us we will humble ourselves and show mercy toward everyone. We can't just show mercy to the people we like or the people who deserve it, we must show mercy to our enemies and to people who don't neccesarly deserve it. We must show mercy to the people who don't deserve it, because we don't derserve the mercy that God has shown us.
Let us not judge one another but show mercy. For if we judge one another and do not show mercy, we will be judged and shown no mercy.
