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"Being free to bless, God gave all."
A wall of SIN used to exist between God and man.
"Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. "
The strength of that SIN was the Law, and it was almost impossible to remove. Man, who had built it, could not tear it down. As the wall went up, man's heart was cut off from the Life that was on the other side. He died. His heart grew cold.
"Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. "
The strength of that SIN was the Law, and it was almost impossible to remove. Man, who had built it, could not tear it down. As the wall went up, man's heart was cut off from the Life that was on the other side. He died. His heart grew cold.
The wall remained.
God also could not remove the wall. "The soul that sinneth it shall die." God had spoken it; He could not un-speak it. He couldn't maintain his own righteousness, and casually dismiss the SIN at the same time. He couldn't just 'brush it under a rug'; the eyes of devils and angels were watching, after all.
Man could not remove it. God could not remove it. But God-as-Man could! And "when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law to redeem them that were under the law!"
Man could not remove it. God could not remove it. But God-as-Man could! And "when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law to redeem them that were under the law!"
Immanuel, God with us! Born under the Law, behind the barrier of SIN, but untouched by it!
A perfect Life. A Sacrifice. A Sin-Bearer! And He who knew no SIN became SIN for us!
A perfect Life. A Sacrifice. A Sin-Bearer! And He who knew no SIN became SIN for us!
"It is finished!"
And now, men stand in a very peculiar position. Most still hide from God behind a one-sided wall of SIN; I say 'one-sided' because the wall does not exist from God's side, only from man's side - Reconciliation has been made! "The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." These are still lost, still "dead in trespasses and sins." But it is only a lie that keeps them there. And, this lie will send them to Hell.
But some have heard the Truth, and received Him. And to "as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God"!
Sons of God. Sanctified. Perfect. More than Forgiven, these are made the Righteousness of God in Christ! They are Partakers of the Divine Nature! New Creatures! Spotless! Unreproveable!
With the the Saviour accepted, and the SIN removed, God has been freed to pour out upon us His limitless Love. Imagine the blessings that an infinite God can pour out upon a redeemed man! God, who is LOVE, has infinite DESIRE to pour out upon man his infinite blessings! God, who is LOVE - totally self-less and needing nothing - HOLDS NOTHING BACK! He forgives! He cleanses! He heals! He makes whole! He seals! He completes!
He calls us by His own name!
With the the Saviour accepted, and the SIN removed, God has been freed to pour out upon us His limitless Love. Imagine the blessings that an infinite God can pour out upon a redeemed man! God, who is LOVE, has infinite DESIRE to pour out upon man his infinite blessings! God, who is LOVE - totally self-less and needing nothing - HOLDS NOTHING BACK! He forgives! He cleanses! He heals! He makes whole! He seals! He completes!
He calls us by His own name!
"And whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." God being free to bless, gave all. He has "blessed us with ALL spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ."
What does "ALL" mean to an infinite God who desires by infinite love to bless with infinite blessings? If through love He emptied Himself of His deity, and then emptied Himself of His humanity, don't you know that it was so that He could give them both to you?
What does "ALL" mean to an infinite God who desires by infinite love to bless with infinite blessings? If through love He emptied Himself of His deity, and then emptied Himself of His humanity, don't you know that it was so that He could give them both to you?
Consider for a moment "the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
We are partakers of "the glory that shall be revealed"! (1 Peter 5:1)
We have been called unto "his glory"! (1 Thes 2:12)
The very God of heaven has "called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus"! (1 Peter 5:10)
We are partakers of "the glory that shall be revealed"! (1 Peter 5:1)
We have been called unto "his glory"! (1 Thes 2:12)
The very God of heaven has "called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus"! (1 Peter 5:10)
Whose glory?
His!!!
Crucified in Christ. Risen in Christ. Ascended to heavenly places in Christ.
Glorified in Christ.
Think about it.
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