Tuesday, 3 October 2017

God is seeking you!

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The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

 -- Psalm 19:1


God made you and me to know him. This is one of the most extraordinary things about the Scriptures. God is constantly and eternally revealing himself to us. He hungers for us to know him, love him, follow him, and serve him all the days of our lives.

The Scripture says no man seeks after God, but that God seeks us out and reveals himself to us. For instance, every human being on earth can look up into a starry night sky and see the testimony of his glory. This is a wonderful thing, but by itself this revelation is incomplete. So God has given us another revelation… the revelation of conscience.
God has placed within us a sense of accountability and a need to know right from wrong. We have an innate desire to know something bigger and better beyond ourselves and beyond this world.
Maybe your conscience is asking, “What will happen to me after this life? Am I made for something more?”
When you ask these kind of questions this is your conscience… your innermost “you” yearning and aching to know the God of creation and the one who made you in your mother’s womb.
You are made for more! You’re made to know the God who made the heavens and the earth!

GOD IS CONSTANTLY AND ETERNALLY REVEALING HIMSELF TO US. 

“It Is Finished”

by Dr. Paul Chappell
“For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.”
Hebrews 9:24–26

In the 1980s, archaeologists discovered an ancient papyrus dating back to around 170 BC. The document is a receipt for payments over the course of several months. Because the papyrus is only a fragment, it is not clear to whom these payments were made, but one thing is very clear. Written at the top is the Greek word tetelestai, indicating that the accounts listed had been paid in full. This is the same word Jesus used on the cross, translated in English, “It is finished.”
The work of salvation is done—once and for all. It does not need to be repeated, expanded, or improved. It only needs to be received by grace through faith. Most of the religious systems invented by people throughout history have focused on what man must do or not do in order to be accepted by God. But the plan of salvation God has given is different. It rests entirely upon the work Jesus did. False religion says “do,” but Christ says, “done!” Salvation is a gift, received by faith in Christ’s finished work.
It is true that Christians are commanded to be diligent in their work for the Lord, but that has nothing to do with our redemption. Service is a matter of obedience, not of adding up points to “deserve” salvation. Nothing we can do could add to what Jesus completed, and any attempt to do so demonstrates a lack of understanding of salvation.
 
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The sacrifice of Christ is sufficient for your salvation.

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