Showing posts with label stripe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stripe. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

God is awesome to be praised

In everything, give thanks to the Lord. Praise Him & worship Him for He is good

In the beginning, God created Adam & Eve & blessed them to have dominion over the earth. However, Adam committed high trisome & forfeited the glory of God through the trickery of satan. This didn't catch God by surprise for He already had a masteplan of redemption by the sacrificial work of Jesus at the cross. God is always ahead of what satan is trying to do.

When God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only begotten son Isaac, God had already provided the lamb for the sacrifice on the opposite of the mountain. God was taking the opportunity to tell the world He was going to sacrifice His only begotten Son, Jesus.

On the mountain, Isaac was spared. But at Golgotha, Jesus took all our punishment & died for our sins. Jesus was crucified on the cross to divinely exchange His position of righteousness for our position of sin. With that one act at the cross, Jesus had overpaid God for all our sins.

As beloved children of the most high God, be conscious of His providence in our lives. Whatever we need, it had been provided at the cross. If we dealing with some forms of disease or illness, just know that by Jesus' stripe, we are already the healed. If we are facing financial lack, be aware that Jesus was made poor at the cross that we, through His poverty, had already been made rich. Praised the Lord for He is good & His mercy endures forever. Hallelujah.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Believing believer

"Foolishness and slow of heart to believe."

These are the two indictment facing the modern churches. We are unaware of our inheritance in Christ and, even if we do, are slow to believe. We simply do not believe that God is good to us even though He is.

All the promises in the bible are ours to proclaim. Health and wholeness is our entitlement for Christ had finished the sacrificial work at the cross. Before Jesus was crucified, he had bequeathed His shalom peace to us. We are made rich through the act at the cross for you know, by the grace of God, though Jesus was rich, He was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty shall be made rich.

Yet, some of us Christians believe we should be poor to be "Holy". Some of us believe that we need to live a life of that is completely deprived of material possessions. The bible says God freely gives us all things to enjoy. For example, if we need a bigger house because of the expanding family, He will want to bless us will a bigger house. If we need to move around with ease because of young children in the family, it is okay for us to have a car to move around conveniently.

It is funny to hear Christians saying that they are suffering from a certain disease or illness because God is teaching them a lesson. If that is the case, why are they going to the doctors to get well? They are just disobeying God's instruction for them! By His stripe, we have been made whole. Jesus wants us to have robust health. Free from pain and illness.

We are the beloved in Christ. Believe His finished work at the cross. Believe in His love for us. Have a good opinion of God. Believe right and you will live right. Hallelujah.