REDEMPTION , GOD’S GRACE
- REDEMPTION is God’s grace in ‘Action’. We are forever thankful to God for it.
Col 1:12-14.”Father did this by setting us free from the power of darkness, and bringing us into the kingdom of his beloved Son. Yes we have been redeemed, bought back by his blood.
God came to man’s aid, for man himself couldn’t do it. So Christ died in man’s place and paid the penalty of the broken law. Now man can have righteous standing before a holy God and be forgiven of his sins and when we receive His grace we are set free from our guilt because Christ died for our sins .Rom 5:8 He paid a very costly price to buy our pardon and bring us back into his divine family. Jesus came to this earth in the form of a man to die for the sins of the whole world.
God was not caught by surprise by man’s sins .The gift of God’s son was given even before the creation of man but it was revealed in these last days. After the fall of man, it was still God’s purpose to fill the earth with sons and daughters to reflect the beauty of their God, hence God’s plan for redemption was set in motion immediately after the fall of Adam. ln Gen3:14,15 There are two promises of God directed toward Satan. (1)-Satan was to strike the heel of the seed of woman. It was a prophesy for Jesus. (2)- He will crush his head.
- Strike his heel referred to Jesus’ death on the cross and resurrection from the dead.
- Crushing the head means, Jesus would crush the ‘headship’ i.e. Satan’s right to rule with power and authority. And Jesus snatched the scepter from Satan through his death on the cross .Dominion was restored to the son of man i.e. mankind. The kingdom of heaven will come on earth because–
- Jesus is victorious now and forever. Truly redemption is a great wonder of God’s grace and love for sinful man through our royal Redeemer ,Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
Accept God’s Gift:
We must receive and accept God’s gift of grace by receiving Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Only he can save us from eternal separation and condemnation. To miss God’s love is to lose eternal life.
John 1:12 Therefore only those who receive the Lord Jesus as their Saviour are given the right to become the children of God .
Two sides to Salvation:
1 -God will convict us of our sins. The wages of sin is death. So God in his mercy will bring us to his son Jesus, who died a terrible death on the cross to save us. lt is called grace.
2-So we must confess our sins and agree with God that we need a saviour, repent and choose God’s ways by asking Jesus to come into our hearts as our Lord and Saviour, to receive grace and mercy and to turn from our way of death to His way of eternal life. The key word is Conversion.! So we have to be restored into fellowship with God. i.e. Restoration ,to receive the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Testimony
Our grand parents got converted and received salvation after accepting God and became pastors .Then all five successive generations accepted and believed in Jesus and are saved.
Prayer
Lord l’m so grateful and eternally thankful for what you have accomplished for us on the Cross and for choosing us to be your children. Not born for wrath but for grace and salvation because you paid the price by dying in our place.
Amen
Sol. Noreen