What God promises us after Salvation
by Clint Baker
A perfect life is the opposite of what Jesus said the Christian life
would look like after salvation. Jesus didn't promise prosperity, He
promised hardship (Matthew 8:20). He didn't promise that our every want
would be fulfilled; He promised we'd have what we NEED (Philippians
4:19). He didn't promise peace in a family; He promised that families
would have problems as some chose to follow Him and some didn't
(Matthew 10:34-36). And He didn't promise health; He promised to fulfill
His plan for us and grace in the trials (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). He
didn't promise that we would be rich with money, He did promise we would
be rich with His Grace and love. He never promised that we that we
would be emotionally strong for every bad thing that happened in our
lives, He promised that He would be by our side (Psalm 23) and that He
would NEVER leave us nor forsake us. But how do we receive these
promises God has given us. We must first hear and understand the true
Gospel, (1 Corinthians 15:1-15) we must trust/believe on the Gospel of
Jesus Christ and repent of our sins. And in doing this we will want to
follow and obey His commands not out of obligation but out of love and
respect for what He has done on the Cross.
If we would receive nothing more than that of what Jesus did for us on the cross of Calvary (Romans 5:7-9), it would be enough. We really don't even deserve that but by Gods grace He made a way for the filthy, sinful, wretched person such as I to become righteous in His eyes (Romans 3:9-18). Christ took our unrighteousness and placed it on Himself and then took His righteousness and put in on us (Romans 4:6), never to have sin imputed on us again (Romans 4:). For it is only by the power of God (Romans 1:16) that our eyes are opened and except salvation through Jesus Christ, so by Gods Word it is by His power that we are saved and stay His children. Yes God has promised many things but a perfect, carefree life, full of earthly riches is not one of them.
Dec. 2011
C. Baker
If we would receive nothing more than that of what Jesus did for us on the cross of Calvary (Romans 5:7-9), it would be enough. We really don't even deserve that but by Gods grace He made a way for the filthy, sinful, wretched person such as I to become righteous in His eyes (Romans 3:9-18). Christ took our unrighteousness and placed it on Himself and then took His righteousness and put in on us (Romans 4:6), never to have sin imputed on us again (Romans 4:). For it is only by the power of God (Romans 1:16) that our eyes are opened and except salvation through Jesus Christ, so by Gods Word it is by His power that we are saved and stay His children. Yes God has promised many things but a perfect, carefree life, full of earthly riches is not one of them.
Dec. 2011
C. Baker
Your doing a great job here with your blog!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I just hope it can be helpful and encouraging!
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