Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Gospel

Do you know something is wrong?

Every belief system out there known to man acknowledges that there is something fundamentally wrong. If you find one that doesn't... I'd like to do some research, so please respond.

Some thing is very deeply wrong at the heart of every human being because if there wasn't anything wrong, we wouldn't have darkness, evil, death, selfishness, fear, guilt, hate, war, rape, anger, murder or massive genocide. These acts of destruction wouldn't exist. If everything was all right; We would have no suffering.

Do you know that no matter what you do on your own, you will never heal what's wrong? You will never be perfect on your own. You will never fix that sense of wrongness. You don't have the power. The only one with the power to change everything, including our hearts, our minds, this world and the heavens is...God.

The Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. 

You, by yourself, will never measure up to perfect. Try as you might, you never will. Some people say the imperfection is perfect, and while that is a nice thought... it's not reality. There is nothing perfect about sin.
 
Sin means: 
A transgression of a religious or moral law, especially when deliberate.
Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
A condition of estrangement from God resulting from such disobedience.
Something regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong.
To violate a religious or moral law.
To commit an offense or violation.
Missing the mark.

Any of these definitions show that in their meaning they are flawed. They are not perfect and neither are you. The only one who was perfect, without sin, was God himself, in the form of man, Immanuel, God incarnate, Jesus Christ. Son of Man. Son of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. John 1:14

Do you know what it means to find healing in Christ's wounds?
I do.

And all I want to do is share that healing with everyone I know all the way to the ends of the earth.

This is the truth and power of the gospel. Good news to ring in love and freedom to all the nations.

Light of the world stepped down into darkness. Open our eyes, let us see.

He came into this world to give life. He came here to show us God's great, massive, extraordinary love for us. He didn't come here to judge us, as we shouldn't judge others. He came here to save sinners, to give us life.  As we should give others, by telling everyone what he did for every sinner on this planet. Through his wounds we are healed. Praise GOD!



In sin, we are dead. In Christ, we are made alive. 

Jesus bore every single tear shed, illness felt, heartache, hunger pain, loneliness, fear, worry, resentment, anger, pride and everything else that keeps us from communion with our Father who art in Heaven.

Once he finished taking on the sin of the world, he was buried in a tomb and after three days he was resurrected and in that moment; Jesus conquered death. We are made alive when we understand this that happened. When we don't just over look it. When we accept it for the incredible gift and sacrifice it is.

It is by Grace we have been saved through Faith. (Eph. 2:8) 

 I will leave you with my favorite Book 
 Romans (The Book of Grace) 
chapter 5.

Romans 5

Peace and Hope
 1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.  6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
 9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ
 12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—  13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
 15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
 18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
 20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.




God almighty, creator of the heaven's and earth, sent his one and only son to die and be resurrected so that we may be perfect in Christ Jesus and worthy to be in God's Holy Presence. There is no greater love story ever told. Our Creator, The Lord God Almighty LOVES us.

OH HOW HE LOVES US. 

Proverbs 4:20-22 My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.

2 comments:

Matthew said...

Love, love, love this. Your passion for Christ inspires me. God bless you, Annie.

Anonymous said...

God bless you! I love your blog!! keep at it!