Jesus Christ Came To Save Us

Sometimes we forget the reason God sent Jesus Christ to the earth.

He came to save.  And He wants to save us.

Now the Tablets of Stone on which Moses wrote God's Law of commandments did not come out of heaven.

What did?  Who did?

The Spirit came and overshadowed Mary's womb making a little baby boy.   What?!?  A Person?

And Jesus grew.

Then at the time of his appearing at age 30, God filled Him with the Holy Spirit.  This man never sinned - not even in His childhood.  And we are told He began an earthly ministry.

He demonstrated grace and truth, light, glory, compassion, mercy, forgiveness, healing, salvation.

This blessed person died on the cross bearing the sins of humanity - the loss of eternal life through Adam - the disobedience of Adam that spread to all men.

And because of absolute innocence regarding Himself (only He was bearing our death), God raised Him from the dead.

There we have it.  The Gospel of God.

And then Pentecost.  Because of Jesus' work of the cross and resurrection, God could now send Him back to live in us!

Another baby is born.  We too are "overshadowed" with God's Holy Spirit.  A work of regeneration is done in the human spirit.  Dead, now made alive through Him.

What else?

Our spirits grow in Him.  We grow solely through grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ - the Life, the Glory, the Spirit of God.

But something more amazing to me is that we learn more of Him as go on in this walk.  We do learn about that Tabernacle in the Old Testament, about the Most Holy Place - and how that only the High Priest could enter once a year.

And we learn that Christ is the High Priest now  (there's only One).  And Jesus did not come through the Levitical Priesthood.  This is critical for us to understand.

No, He is the High Priest through the Line of Judah and the one Hebrews says that we who were once dead, dead, dead but now made alive in Him, get to come fellowship with the Father God through HIM,  and His precious blood in that MOST HOLY PLACE.

We are told Jesus Christ is now the Man Risen in the Heavenly Places - given a more excellent ministry AND the Minister of the Heavenly Sanctuary.  And remember, we are invited by God to partake, partake, partake ALL through the Grace of God in the Face of Jesus Christ.  Through Him and only through Him, are our lives transformed.

I believe what is wrong with the Church is we forget the Glorious Gospel of God.  Here is, what I believe, is a great question to ask a fellow believer, to ask each other.

"Hey, what is the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ been teaching you lately?  How is He touching your heart?  How is He Himself changing your life, healing your soul, refreshing your spirit in Him?"

"For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, it IS the power of God!"

If we do not sincerely follow the Living Lord Jesus Christ in our hearts, we end up following the flesh dressed up in every form and fashion.  If we DO follow Jesus, He promises to lead us upward and onward into Himself bearing fruit for His glory.

Looking to Him,

Sue Gaither