God's Grace

GOD’S GRACE

ROMANS 4:7-8

Romans 4:7-8: (7) Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (8) Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

NASB: “BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED. (8) BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO’S SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.”

JUST HOW BLESSED ARE WE CHRISTIANS? HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED THE TRUE EXTENT OF GODS MERCY? HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED JUST WHAT IT IS IN YOUR LIFE, THAT GOD HIMSELF WILL COVER?

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE SIN DEBT THAT YOU HAVE ACCUMULATED THAT GOD WILL NOT EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT?

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED JUST WHAT IT IS THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WHAT GOD GAVE TO FORGIVE, COVER, AND CREDIT TO YOUR ACCOUNT, A DEBT THAT SACRIFICIAL BLOOD WAS THE ONLY PAYMENT, FOR.?

NOW LETS LOOK AT THE OPPOSITE. AS YOU KNOW THE OPPOSITE OF BLESSING IS CURSING.

WHAT IS THE CURSE FOR THOSE WHO’S LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE NOT BEEN FORGIVEN? WHAT IS THE CURSE FOR THOSE WHOSE SINS GOD WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT? WHAT IS THE CURSE FOR THOSE WHO’S SINS HAVE NOT BEEN COVERED?

I WANT US TO LOOK AT THREE THINGS THIS MORNING. I WANT US TO LOOK AT THE BLESSINGS OF THOSE WHO ARE CHRISTIANS. I WANT US TO LOOK AT THE CURSE OF NON CHRISTIANS. I WANT US TO LOOK AT THE ANTIDOTE, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE CURSE.

FIRST THE BLESSING.

WE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS ARE FORGIVEN, WE WHO’S SINS ARE COVERED, AND WHOSE SIN WILL NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, ARE BLESSED WITH ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD.

JOHN 3:16 TESTIFIES TO THE FACT THAT WE WHO BELIEVE SHALL HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE, AND VERSE 18 CONFIRMS THAT WE SHALL NOT BE CONDEMNED.

WE WILL HAVE AN ETERNITY OF PEACE. WE WILL HAVE GLORIFIED BODIES: FREE FROM PAIN, FREE FROM SIN, FREE FROM SADNESS, FREE FROM STRIFE, FREE FROM TEMPTATION, FREE FROM DEATH, FREE FROM GROWING OLD.

THIS REMINDS ME OF THE OLD SONG: THIS IS JUST WHAT HEAVEN MEANS TO ME-

WE WILL BE IN A PLACE WHERE NO TWILIGHT SHADOWS DEEPEN. A PLACE OF UNENDING DAY WHERE NIGHT SHALL NEVER BE. A CITY WHERE NO STORM CLOUDS EVER GATHER. THIS IS JUST WHAT HEAVEN MEANS TO ME.

A PLACE WHERE THERE WILL BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING. FROM OUR ENEMIES AND STRIFE WE SHALL BE FREE. NO UNKIND WORDS TO WOUND THE HEART SHALL BE SPOKEN. OH THIS IS JUST WHAT HEAVEN MEANS TO ME.

WHEN AT LAST WE SEE THE FACE OF JESUS. BEFORE SOMEHOW ALL OTHER LOVES SHALL CEASE. WHEN THEY CROWN HIM KING OF KINGS, THANK GOD I WILL MEET HIM. YES THIS IS JUST WHAT HEAVEN MEANS TO ME!!!!!

FOLKS DOESN’T THAT SOUND LIKE SOMEWHERE YOU WANT TO GO?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT ANOTHER BLESSING IS?

NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO LIVE ETERNALLY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO REIGN WITH JESUS. WE ARE GOING TO BE KINGS AND PRIESTS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

LISTEN TO REV. 5:10—“AND HAST MADE US UNTO OUR GOD, KINGS AND PRIESTS, AND WE SHALL REIGN WITH HIM ON THE EARTH.”

FOLKS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE GOD GIVEN POWER IN ETERNITY. I DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHO WE ARE GOING TO REIGN OVER, BUT I KNOW THAT A KING MUST HAVE A KINGDOM AND SUBJECTS TO RULE.

TO ME WE HAVE A DOUBLE BLESSING HERE. WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVEN SOMETHING TO RULE OVER WITH CHRIST AS THE OVERLORD, THE KING OF KINGS. AND WE ARE MADE INTO ROYALTY.

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE, MY GOD IS PERFECT AND EVERYTHING HE MAKES IS PERFECT. WE ARE GOING TO REIGN OVER A PERFECT KINGDOM. THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER.

LOOK AROUND YOU. IF THE PERSON YOU JUST LOOKED AT IS A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN; DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU JUST LOOKED AT --ROYALTY.

LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR, IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN AND TELL THEM I AM ROYALTY.

ANOTHER BLESSING IS THAT CHRIST HIMSELF GUARANTEES US THAT HE WILL BE WITH US UNTIL THE END OF TIME. WE DON’T HAVE TO WALK THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ALONE. HE IS OUR STRENGTH. HE IS OUR REFUGE.

THAT IS SUCH A BLESSING FOR US AS CHRISTIANS. WE ARE NEVER ALONE. CHRIST IS WITH US ALWAYS. EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL FOR US, USUALLY THAT IS WHEN CHRIST IS THE CLOSEST.

ANOTHER BLESSING IS THAT WE ONLY HAVE TO DIE ONCE. WE WILL NOT HAVE TO FACE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT. WE WILL FACE THE JUDGEMENT OF CHRIST WHERE HE WILL JUDGE OUR WORKS TO GIVE US OUR REWARD.

BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE TO FACE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT OF GOD. THIS IS RESERVED FOR THE LOST. THIS IS RESERVED FOR THOSE WHOSE SINS ARE NOT COVERED.