July 24
There are few things that the Bible states unequivocally are God’s will. Above all, He wants “all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of truth,” I Timothy 2:4. The exorbitant price that Jesus was willing to pay to purchase our salvation and to give us His “unspeakable gift” (II Corinthians 9:15) of eternal life are beyond dispute to anyone whose spiritual eyes have been enlightened by the Holy Spirit.
Only those who walk in the darkness of unbelief can question or negate the amazing act on the part of the Creator of the universe in supplying His errant creation with the gift of redemption that washes away man’s awful sin and leaves him clean, righteous and holy, in the eyes of his holy God.
This is addressed clearly in the Old Testament where we are told, “Though your sins be scarlet, they shall be washed white as snow,” Isaiah 1:18, and by Jesus’ words to the woman caught in adultery, “I do not condemn you; go and sin no more,” John 8:11. Another thing that God desires for man is that he have a thankful heart. The believer’s gratitude should transcend the circumstances of life and embrace eternity.
In light of his total regeneration from sin and his delivery from its penalty of death to salvation and its gift of time without end, God commands, “In all things and in all circumstances, give thanks, for this is the will of God concerning you in Christ Jesus,” I Thessalonians 5:18. There is nothing a believer may face in time that should be able to quench his thankfulness—for the real treasure of his life is eternal.
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