As I spent time in
God's Word this morning, I was again overwhelmed at how gracious our God is!
The 'gods' of all other religions place a great weight upon the worshipper to perform. At the end of their lives, they can only hope that they have done enough good to enter a place of bliss. But, if they take their religion seriously, they live with anxiety wondering if they are being devout enough.
Our God is not so! He calls us to be perfect (Matthew 5:48) ... and then He gave us the Law. Through the Law of Scripture, any mildly contemplative individual will realize that we all fall so far short of God's perfect standard (Romans 3:20,23).
But, our God satisfied His own demands. He glorified Himself by paying the sin debt we owe to Him. That's incredible!
He calls it like it is and sees us all as guilty sinners. Then, He took the punishment on the cross for those sins so that we could be brought into relationship with Him.
But, that's only the beginning, friend!!!
This morning, I was reading through Colossians 2. In that chapter, I came to the truth found in verses 9 and 10. In those two verses, we are told that Jesus is fully God. Everything that God is was in the person of Jesus.
Yet, it doesn't stop there! The next verse tells us that Jesus (who is fully God) fills us!!! If we are a child of God, then every bit of God resides in Jesus and every bit of Jesus resides in us! (reread and seriously contemplate that last sentence!)
God didn't save us and then make us menial slaves who must continue to fear Him. No! He literally comes to dwell inside the body of each believer (Colossians 1:27) and calls them His children (John 1:12)!
Colossians 2:9-10
"For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority."
#Overwhelming
The 'gods' of all other religions place a great weight upon the worshipper to perform. At the end of their lives, they can only hope that they have done enough good to enter a place of bliss. But, if they take their religion seriously, they live with anxiety wondering if they are being devout enough.
Our God is not so! He calls us to be perfect (Matthew 5:48) ... and then He gave us the Law. Through the Law of Scripture, any mildly contemplative individual will realize that we all fall so far short of God's perfect standard (Romans 3:20,23).
But, our God satisfied His own demands. He glorified Himself by paying the sin debt we owe to Him. That's incredible!
He calls it like it is and sees us all as guilty sinners. Then, He took the punishment on the cross for those sins so that we could be brought into relationship with Him.
But, that's only the beginning, friend!!!
This morning, I was reading through Colossians 2. In that chapter, I came to the truth found in verses 9 and 10. In those two verses, we are told that Jesus is fully God. Everything that God is was in the person of Jesus.
Yet, it doesn't stop there! The next verse tells us that Jesus (who is fully God) fills us!!! If we are a child of God, then every bit of God resides in Jesus and every bit of Jesus resides in us! (reread and seriously contemplate that last sentence!)
God didn't save us and then make us menial slaves who must continue to fear Him. No! He literally comes to dwell inside the body of each believer (Colossians 1:27) and calls them His children (John 1:12)!
Colossians 2:9-10
"For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority."
#Overwhelming
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