Today, throughout the United States it is a national holiday entitled,
Memorial Day. It is a day in which Americans remember the service men
and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice of giving their lives so that
others may have freedom. They did not give their lives for the United
States alone, but also for others throughout the world in efforts to
bring an end to demonized dictators who, like Satan their father, have
only one desire, power over humanity. Their objective is to steal, kill,
destroy and or hold in bondage to slavery their fellow man in efforts
to promote their tyrannical reign.
Although people may have many thing to remember, for Christians the greatest Memorial Day for them should be, the day that we "confessed with our mouth the Lord Jesus and believed in our heart that God has raised Him from the dead, and were saved." (Romans
10:9) We celebrate the fact the Jesus Christ also paid the ultimate
sacrifice by giving His life to save (redeem, heal, deliver, make whole)
all humanity from Satan, the most evil, murderous tyrant known to man.
We should remember as Paul said, "And you He made alive, who were
dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience." (Ephesians 2:1-2)
Notice that before one confesses Christ they "were dead in trespasses
and sin" not spiritually sick, but spiritually dead. Cut off from and
unable to communicate with God. This was due to the fact that before one
is born again, they walk according to the world, according to the ways
of the devil. Paul tells us that the devil, "The god of this age had blinded your mind from the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ..." (2 Corinthians 4:4) However, one day in the history of man, God took it upon Himself the fix the problem, "He
anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who
went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil,
for God was with Him." (Acts 10:38) Then a glorious thing happened. Jesus said, "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him..." (John 6:44) Our heavenly Father drew us to Jesus, gave us the grace and faith to confess Christ. Then God immediately "delivered
us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the
Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins." (Colossians 1:13-14)
When we consider what Jesus did for us and all mankind, the mind can hardly comprehend it. The apostle Paul tells us, "Therefore,
as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in
condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came
to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man's
disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many
will be made righteous." (Romans 5:18-19) This means that not one person in all of humanity had the ability to provide redemption.
God Himself became a man and provided man’s redemption. (John 1:14) It
was God who redeemed man from the dominion of Satan. (1 John 3:8) It was
God who destroyed death. (Hebrews 2:14) It was God who restored man’s
authority over the Satan (Luke 10:19) It was God who adopted us through
Jesus Christ and made us His children (Romans 8:15-16) It is God who
gives us all things that pertain to life and godliness. (2 Peter 2:3) It
is God who gives us exceedingly great and precious promises. (2 Peter
1:4) It is God who gives us the victory at all times (1 Corinthians
15:57) and it is God who gave us eternal life (1 John 2:25) all through
Jesus Christ.
I could go on and on concerning what scripture says as to what God
Himself did for humanity through Jesus Christ and what He gives to those
who confess Jesus Christ as Lord. When we look to the promises that
God has made throughout the Bible, there are several estimations. They
range from 3000 to 7000 promises. Many of these promises were spoken by
the Prophets and have been fulfilled through Jesus Christ. However, in
the New Testament there is an estimated 750 promises that God has
bestowed upon the believer. PTL Although today is Memorial Day, for the
believer remembering what God did us and what he has given to us, should
be a Memorial Day celebration everyday.
Monday, May 31, 2021
Remembering
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