October 03, 2011 Monday Message:
There’s good news and there’s bad news! The good news is that there’s life after this life, and Christians get to live forever. After you die you will rise again, just like Jesus did! Hallelujah!
The bad news is that we then have a time of judgment, and the Bible says, “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) So everyone’s in trouble. Kind of – let’s look at what the Bible says.
Jesus left Christians with an advocate, someone to speak on our behalf: the Holy Spirit. At the time of judgment, it’s the Spirit’s job to remind the heavenly assembly that Christians are now wearing the white garment, covered by Jesus’ sacrifice.
God looks at us and sees only the presence of Jesus, not our sin. In fact, in the book of life where our names are written, there is no record of our sin. It’s as if our sin was written on a blackboard, but Jesus came through the room with a giant eraser and wiped it all clean. This is God’s khesed, his everlasting lovingkindness, that that pursues us all the days of our lives, so that we may dwell in the house of the Lord. (Psalm 23:6, paraphrase mine)
In His service,
Norton Lawellin
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