On Friday we went to Agulhas, Africa’s most southern point where two vast oceans, the Indian and the Atlantic, meet. It was an emotional experience. It seemed like these three entities are so huge that I cannot form a picture in my mind of what really come together here. Yet they represent only a portion of a medium sized planet in a small solar system. How great is our God in whom an entire universe, time and eternity come together.
I cannot envisage the vastness of 2 oceans and a continent, but God created an entire physical universe and incomprehensible spiritual dominion and holds it all together with his divine love.
This is the love that motivated my salvation and made it possible that he gave his only Son that I will not perish, but have eternal life!
"Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." This statement from 1 Tim 1:15 sums up the entire ministry and life of Jesus: to save sinners. It explains why God gave his Son. It is the heart of the Christian message: Jesus came to save sinners. It is the most glorious proof of God's love for us. It is the key to understanding everything written in the Bible.
And because we are saved, we live with confidence and hope. We are not alone. We are under no judgment or curse. We are saved from the perils that are the result of our imperfection and disobedience. We are saved from our sins, and because we believe this truth, we have the courage to look forward to being the followers of Jesus, in spite of uncertainties and concerns!
Take heart – Christ Jesus came to us, to save us from our sins and the consequences of our foolishness. Be courageous and enter into a new week with joy and with peace in your heart! Even before we tread the first step into this week – we have been saved from ourselves.
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