How Much HE Truly Loves Us!
What can we do to “live out” the forgiveness we have received from God—before a watching world?
Does the world see what we do, hear what we say, realize what we really believe by watching us “live out” our day-to-day?
YES.
YES, THEY DO!
Since that is true, we must live with our focus upon the ONLY ONE WHO REALLY MATTERS.
We must live as God’s child, as one who is not sinless, but as one who remembers he is a sinner saved by God’s grace.
—BECAUSE IT IS TRUTH—
WHOSE you are matters most, even more so than “who” you are as person, for “who” you are as a person will be swallowed up when this life is over, but WHOSE you are will last forevermore!
“Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing
(Micah 7: 18 NASB)
And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.”
“Justification” is a really big church word, and when I was a teenager, oftentimes my Sunday School teacher spoke of this word. Now, I had attended church since the time I was in the womb, so one would think a “church-goer” like me would understand, but I did not. I pretended to because that was the expected way of behavior for any church-going kid. Truthfully, it was not until the Holy Spirit of God convicted me of my sins during my teen years that I began to wrap my mind around this “justification” concept.
“Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing
And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?”
When God placed us into our mother’s womb, we belonged to God; we were and are His creation. Without God, we cannot ever exist.
Then we are born, and that’s when the problem begins. If we could have remained in our mother’s womb, we could have lived a sinless life (I suppose) because we would not had anyone to lie to or cheat or steal from or gossip against or lust after or . . . Inside our mom, we would have remained cocooned, separated from this sin-filled world. However, there is one consideration to know: the psalmist David says we were conceived in sinfulness. Now, that does not mean that sex and the conception of life found through a husband and wife is sin. No, hardly. What David means is that once God creates us and places us within our mother’s womb, we begin the journey of sin, the journey of symbolically walking away from God and seeking instead what the deceiver leads us to desire (more).
- Sin is dark.
- Sin is ugly.
- Sin is prideful.
- Sin is selfish living, as we seek only what we want to do, to say, to hear, to experience.
- Sin is only from the deceiver, from Satan, from the devil, from the father of lies.
- Sin is anything that places a barrier between God and us!
Now, let’s be honest, when we think of a little baby, an infant, we do not immediately see the word SINNER in our minds, but the Word of God is truth, & the Bible says:
“Behold, I was brought forth in guilt,
(Psalm 51: 5 NASB)
And in sin my mother conceived me.”
However, the next verse directly speaks of how people are to receive God’s Mercy & Grace.
“Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
(Psalm 51: 6 NASB)
And in secret You will make wisdom known to me.”
This means, every single person who is conceived has an innate desire to KNOW GOD.
We cannot escape it!
We can run from it, for our entire lives, if we want, but we can never escape God!
Not Ever!
Eternity Is Everlasting—As In FOREVER!
Every single baby born upon this earth must make the ONLY DECISION that really matters as he answers this question: WHAT WILL I DO WITH JESUS’ OFFER TO ACCEPT HIM AS SAVIOR?
His wisdom (GOD’S WISDOM of KNOWING HIM) resides within us, “in the innermost being, . . .”
Inside us!
Deep inside our being, in our soul where only God can see, “in secret You will [GOD Will] make wisdom known to me.”
[Oh, my] “Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing
(Micah 7: 18 NASB)
And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.”
Oh, how much God loves us—
- That He sent Jesus, His Only Son, to die for us, in our place, upon the cross of Calvary!
- That He defeated death as Jesus gave his earthly life upon the cross!
- That He allowed Jesus to remain dead within the tomb for three days to stop the naysayers who claimed He was merely comatose and not dead!
- That He resurrected Jesus to new life!
- That He rolled away the massive stone that blocked the tomb’s entrance!
- That He walked out of the grave—overcoming death—so we too can KNOW HIM & RECEIVE NEW LIFE THROUGH JESUS!
How Much Does GOD Love Us?
He Truly Loves Us—That Much!
What’s More—God Loves Us That Much While We Are Still Sinners!
Justification—God Saves Us & We Become “JUST—AS—IF—I” NEVER SINNED!
So, finally, in closing, I leave you with a Scripture recorded in the New Testament, one written down by the apostle Paul, verses that speak truth.
We will never escape sinning as long as we are alive here on earth because we were conceived in iniquity (in sin).
Nonetheless,
- May we stop running away from God &
- May we begin running toward GOD!
- May we REALLY SEE what JESUS did for each of us!
- Most Importantly—May We Receive God’s Justification—Today!
“For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
(Romans 5: 6-8 NASB)
For one will hardly die for a righteous person; though perhaps for the good person someone would even dare to die.
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”