Thursday, April 17, 2014

Finished Work Of Jesus Christ


1. God created man on this earth. The purpose of God to create man was to express His love on man. The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die” (Genesis 2:15-16). At this point God put a warning before Adam, but He also gave him a choice. He could either choose to obey God and do what He said, or he could choose to ignore and disobey Him. As we read on, we find out that Adam and Eve yielded to the temptation to eat of the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because the serpent deceived them by telling them they wouldn’t die (Genesis 3:1-7).
2. Before you can appreciate the full value of the solution that God provided through Jesus, you must understand the severity of the problem that sin causes, our eternal separation from God. If you die physically while you are spiritually separated from God, you will be separated from Him forever. But through Jesus, God provides the way for you to accept His grace, forgiveness, and mercy. This means that He will restore you, bought by the blood of Jesus, redeemed back into a relationship with Him.
3. God Loves You Very Much, He Wants You to Spend Eternity With Him. He Provided the Way by Sending Jesus Who Can Bring You Out of Sin and Into a Relationship With Him. The Bible Tells Us About God’s Plan for Our Redemption Through Jesus. Jesus Is the One Who Came That We Might Have a Relationship With God.
4. Throughout the ages sin has been a terrible problem between man and God. God has provided the solution to that problem by sending Jesus as a sacrifice for your sins. When He shed His blood on the cross, the grace, forgiveness, and mercy of God became available to you. How you respond to that kind of love is extremely important to God. He wants you to believe that Jesus is His Son and that He died for you.
5. As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:1-6). God provides the solution motivated by His love for us. When we put our faith in Jesus, He gives us grace.
6. Paul says that it is by grace that we are saved through faith. God has provided Jesus as the solution to our sin problem. When we put our faith in Him, God gives us grace. Notice that God’s grace is a gift. You don’t earn a gift. Many believe that if they do enough good things to outweigh the bad they have done, they can win God’s favor. They believe He will ignore the bad things if the good far outweighs the bad. That is not in the Bible. If this were possible, Jesus didn’t need to die.  In Ephesians 2:10, Paul says we are saved to do good works. It is not the works that save us. We need our sins completely washed away by the blood of Jesus, and then our good deeds bring glory to God.
7. Jesus perfectly fulfilled the Old Testament Law and Prophets, everything that God had foretold about the Messiah’s coming.
Jesus claimed to be the Son of God and His eyewitnesses agreed.
Jesus proved His claim by the miraculous signs He performed and the words He spoke. The final proof of His claim was His resurrection from death on the third day.
8. Jesus said He was the Son of God. He is either a liar or the Son of God. The evidence is overwhelming. He is both Lord and Christ. He is the Son of God, God become flesh, God with us. If He is the Son of God, you must listen to Him. He is telling you the truth. You must make Him Lord and place Him on the throne of your life.
9. Jesus said, "It is finished!" And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit (John 19:30).
After nine hours of standing on His feet, after being scourged, slapped, and manhandled, after six hours of hanging on the Cross, the average person would have barely had enough life and breath left to even whisper. But Jesus, the Lamb of God, with life still fully flowing through His body, shouted out in a clear, ringing, triumphant voice, "It is finished." The price for our redemption had been paid! The sacrifice for our sin had been made! Sin was forgiven! Guilt was atoned for! Eternal life was now offered! Heaven has been opened! Curse Removed! Sickness healed! It is finished!
 You don't have to do more good works than bad works.
 You don't have to climb the stairs to some statue.
 You don't have to be religious.
 You don't even have to be good!
 It is finished! The price has been paid!
10. Why do we not see the Finished Work of Jesus manifested in our life?
God's divine power has given us everything we need for life and for godliness. This power was given to us through knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and integrity (2 Peter 1:3). Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper [this is the material] and be in good health [this is the physical], just as your soul prospers [this is the spiritual] (3 John 1:2). We need to know what Jesus Christ has obtained for us. We have Satan as written in Genesis 3, who brought sin into the world. Jesus has took sin on the cross. Because sin brought curse, disease, shame, poverty and fellowship with God is broken. Jesus paid the price with His blood on the Cross. So, we are healed, blessed, holy and peace with God. To believe and keep speaking what Jesus did for you on the Cross. Enemy does not want us to enjoy what Jesus purchased in the Cross. Enemy brings adverse situations in your life, so you will unbelieve. Ultimately, lose what Jesus purchased for us. So, the key is to keep believing and avoiding negative confessions till you see the manifestation.

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