I believe
you would agree with me that the greatest man to ever live was Jesus. His plan given to Him by His father was to
let the entire world know of His love.
2 Peter 3:9 NASB
The Lord is
not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,
not wishing for any to perish
but for all to come to repentance.
The promises
of God are things we have to hold on to each and every day. If we take some time to look through God’s
promises to us, we will find that they all have come true. That means that the promises we are still
looking for will come true as well.
John 3:17 NASB
For God did
not send the Son into the world to judge
the world, but that the world might be saved
through Him.
That same
journey to examine the promises will lead us to see that the best gift and best
promise of God is complete in His son. There
is a thread of God’s grace all the way from Genesis to Revelation, and that
grace is embodied in the person of Jesus.
Jesus came
to save the world. He isn’t our judge,
although when He is judging it is clear.
He isn’t our king alone, but He is the king above all kings. He is the forgiveness of God from the start
to the finish of Jesus’s life.
Promises
laced Jesus’ life. From the promise of a
virgin, miracle birth all the way to the resurrection and His coming again we
can and must claim the continued promises of God.
1 Corinthians 1:21 NASB
For since in
the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
We are about
10 days till Easter. This Sunday is what
we traditionally call “palm Sunday” that commemorates the entrance of Jesus in
Jerusalem when it seemed all the town came out to praise Jesus. It was only a few days later that Jesus was
nailed to the cross for our sin, His death for our life, God’s grace coming for
our forgiveness and peace.
“God was
well-pleased” to have Jesus be the sacrifice.
Wrong calls for something right to happen. Sin has to be dealt with. Jesus is the promise of God to all who will
call on Him.
God chose
Jesus to be the sacrifice for sin and the savior of the world, but God chose
our sharing of His story to be the way that people would come to know Him. Those two things, Jesus’ sacrifice and our
sharing, are eternally linked to the life change that continues to happen in
this world.
May we
prepare to celebrate Jesus this Easter.
Spend some time in the next week to read the story of Jesus’ death and
resurrection. Think about His life that
was exchanged for ours and how we would be doomed without the promises of God
that are highlighted for us on Easter!
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