Read : Revelation 1: 1-8
[Jesus] washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings. - Revelation 1:5-6
A gifted athlete sent to prison for using and selling illegal drugs made me sad. His friends said, "What a shame! just think of what he could be enjoying if he had kept clean!"
This man's failure to fulfill his potential pictures of the whole human race. God made us in His image to obey Him, enjoy fellowship with Him, and rule over the earth for His glory, but we don't obey Him as we should, enjoy Him as we ought, or rule over planet earth as we could. Immorality, crime, famine, conflict, and potential nuclear holocaust continually remind us of our failure to live up to the potential the Lord built into us.
But that's not the whole story. God has provided a way to life each of us fro our moral failure and elevate us to spiritual fulfillment. He became a member of the human family in the person of Jesus Christ, who lived a perfect life, died on the cross as our substitute, and rose from the grave. Now he forgives, accepts, and restores all who believe on Him. Believers are now "kings", destined to rule with Christ (Rev 1: 5-6).
When we suffer a shattering defeat, we don't have to stay down. The gospel is good news. Through faith in Jesus, God gives us new life and begins to lift us from out failure to the fulfillment of His purpose for us. - Herb Vander Lugt
O precious bride, espoused to One
Who loved you so He'd even die,
If you would worship Him alone,
All other "christs" you must deny. - D. De Haan
Salvation makes useful saints out of useless sinners.
[Jesus] washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings. - Revelation 1:5-6
A gifted athlete sent to prison for using and selling illegal drugs made me sad. His friends said, "What a shame! just think of what he could be enjoying if he had kept clean!"
This man's failure to fulfill his potential pictures of the whole human race. God made us in His image to obey Him, enjoy fellowship with Him, and rule over the earth for His glory, but we don't obey Him as we should, enjoy Him as we ought, or rule over planet earth as we could. Immorality, crime, famine, conflict, and potential nuclear holocaust continually remind us of our failure to live up to the potential the Lord built into us.
But that's not the whole story. God has provided a way to life each of us fro our moral failure and elevate us to spiritual fulfillment. He became a member of the human family in the person of Jesus Christ, who lived a perfect life, died on the cross as our substitute, and rose from the grave. Now he forgives, accepts, and restores all who believe on Him. Believers are now "kings", destined to rule with Christ (Rev 1: 5-6).
When we suffer a shattering defeat, we don't have to stay down. The gospel is good news. Through faith in Jesus, God gives us new life and begins to lift us from out failure to the fulfillment of His purpose for us. - Herb Vander Lugt
O precious bride, espoused to One
Who loved you so He'd even die,
If you would worship Him alone,
All other "christs" you must deny. - D. De Haan
Salvation makes useful saints out of useless sinners.
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