“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the
first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him
that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,” Revelation
1:5
As a Christian, I cannot thank God enough for saving my soul
from the eternal fires of hell. Jesus Christ was born in the likeness of sinful
flesh, grew-up in a sinful world, and died at the hands of sinful men, just so I
could be saved from the eternal fires of hell. What a true unspeakable blessing,
what a blessing of total grace and mercy on my Father part to elect me before the
foundation of the world and give me to the Son and His willingness to do all
this for me. Jesus said in John 15:9 “As the Father hath loved me, so have
I loved you: continue ye in my love.” Now look at this verse closely, “as the
Father loved me” that is with the very same love that the Father loves Jesus
Christ, “so have I loved you”. The very same love, that means on every level that
the Father loves Jesus, Jesus loves us. Let that soak in, let that dwell in you
mind and heart for a while, how much are we loved of God, as God loves Himself.
Look at 1 John 4:10 “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved
us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” What is love, love
is that God loved us, we did not love God He loved us and because He did Jesus
loved us and because He did He went through this earthly sacrifice to cleanse
us from all our sins. While the people of this world are trying to figure out
how to cleanse their own sins, Jesus washed mine away because of love. Let’s
move on to the next unthinkable blessing of God, 1 John 3:1 “Behold, what
manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the
sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.” The
word “matter” means - of what possible sort – indeed what sort of love it must
be, that God could ever love a sinner like me. People act as though God loves
everyone, but that is not true nor is it possible, because God hates the
workers of iniquity. Psm 5:5 God did not come to hate them God has an eternal
hatred for them. But I am blessed of God that He loved me and sent His beloved
Son Jesus Christ to die and wash my sins away by His glorious sinlessness blood.
If you are saved this day praise God for His love and Jesus for His earthly
sacrifice that gave us salvation. Stand-up and shout form on high, sing a new
song of praise for our blessed Saviour. “And they sung a new song, saying,
Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for
thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every
kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;”Revelation 5:9
