Saturday, July 6, 2013

Jesus loves us unconditionally

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man 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. - Romans 5:7-8

The bible tells us for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son to die for the world. There is no "string attached" as to why God would send His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for the world but only His unending and unceasing love toward men. The love of God was fully demonstrated at the cross by Christ Jesus some two thousand years ago.

For by one completely complete work of Jesus at cross, all our sins are forgiven and we are reconciled with God through Christ. We can now come boldly to the His throne of grace in times of need to cry out Abba, Father! At the cross, the divine exchange has taken place: our sin for His righteousness.

God wasn't forced or coaxed into sending His Son to the cross. He sent His Son out of His love for us! He didn't want men to live in a state of sin for without Christ, we were all prisoners of sin. Yet with the finished work at the cross, we are no longer prisoners of sin but prisoners of righteousness. We are made the righteousness of God in Christ! We have Christ's righteousness!

And because Jesus died and rose again three days later, we are being justified. We are qualified by the precious blood of Jesus and nothing else. Only the sinless blood of Jesus can atone for all our sins. Only His blood can eternally washed us clean of all our sins and transgressions. Only His precious blood keeps and protects us all the days of our lives.

The bible tells us that perhaps one would die for a good man. But Christ died for all of us while we were still sinners! As sinners, we sin. But now that we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, His beloveds, the precious ones that are worth saving, whatever we do are righteousness acts. Don't get me wrong here, we still sin here and there for our bodies have not been perfected yet. But we are as righteousness as Jesus is before God! God sees us in Christ. And in Christ, the full perfection of God.

We are not perfect in our thoughts and deeds yet God sees us perfect in Christ. He sees us in our finished product: the perfect reflection of the every image of Jesus. We have not contributed a tiny bit in the redemptive work of Jesus at the cross. It is all Jesus and it is all about Jesus. We are to enjoy His victory for us. We are called to enjoy His perfect love for us. For He first loves us so that we can love others.

As beloved of the Lord, we simply enjoy His peace and joy and be lead by the Holy Spirit in our daily endeavors. Know this for sure, God will never be angry with His people and He will always take good care of His people. Hallelujah!

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