March 12, 2015 A GIFT TO JESUS
John 6:45: “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.”
John 6:37: “All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.”
Have you ever thought of yourself as being a gift given to Jesus? It’s not our subject today, but there is much debate and there are different opinions about the free will of man and election. However, the scriptures clearly teach that God initiates, or calls one to salvation. God came to “seek and save those who were lost.” The origin of our salvation is God Himself and Jesus came to redeem those that God “calls” to salvation. John 6:44 says that “No man can come to Me, except the Father which has sent Me draw him.” It’s not our place to know or decide who God has called, or not called to salvation. Those who are believers are believers because at some point in their life they realized that God was indeed calling them to Himself. We can’t fully understand the triune nature of God with our finite minds, but even though Jesus was God, or in God, He was also man. The purpose of Jesus coming to die on the cross was for our salvation-to be the perfect sacrifice for our sin. Jesus calls us His brothers and He said that he and we have the same Father. It’s clear that God values-He likes-family, and through salvation, we are part of His family. In fact, God “values” us, loves His family (us) so much that He sent His Son to die for us. A no-brainer, but God loved His Son and because Jesus willingly came and lived and died for those that God called- and is calling- God gave these to Jesus. No matter who our parents were or no matter what our past is like, we are not “accidents” and we are not just some random person among millions. We were designed and created by God, or in other words, we are fathered by God-that may be a stretch for us to comprehend-but nonetheless it’s true. God knew us long before we were born physically and God knows us better than we know ourselves. God knows the length of our days and He knows every detail of our lives. We are not valuable or important in and of ourselves, but our value comes from having been joined to Christ and we have been joined to Him because of the love that the Father has for us. Realizing that our value comes from God and not ourselves, results in the right spirit of humility. At the same time, because we are in Christ, the scriptures say that we can do all things through Him. So, it is important to understand how God sees us and to understand that He gave Jesus a very special gift-you and I. He gave us as a gift to Jesus because His love for us was the reason He came and died for us-His brothers and sisters! When Adam and Eve sinned, the relationship and fellowship between God and man was broken. Now, Jesus has come and once again we can have fellowship with the Father. Let us not take for granted our reconciliation with God and let us realize that we have been placed into the family of God! God calls us a “gift”- a gift given to His Son. Wow!
John 15:9: “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.”
John 16:27: “for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.”
John 17:6: “I manifested Thy name to the men whom Thy gavest Me out of the world. Thine they were, and Thou hast given them to Me, and they have kept thy Word.”
Blessings,
Buddy
John 6:45: “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.”
John 6:37: “All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.”
Have you ever thought of yourself as being a gift given to Jesus? It’s not our subject today, but there is much debate and there are different opinions about the free will of man and election. However, the scriptures clearly teach that God initiates, or calls one to salvation. God came to “seek and save those who were lost.” The origin of our salvation is God Himself and Jesus came to redeem those that God “calls” to salvation. John 6:44 says that “No man can come to Me, except the Father which has sent Me draw him.” It’s not our place to know or decide who God has called, or not called to salvation. Those who are believers are believers because at some point in their life they realized that God was indeed calling them to Himself. We can’t fully understand the triune nature of God with our finite minds, but even though Jesus was God, or in God, He was also man. The purpose of Jesus coming to die on the cross was for our salvation-to be the perfect sacrifice for our sin. Jesus calls us His brothers and He said that he and we have the same Father. It’s clear that God values-He likes-family, and through salvation, we are part of His family. In fact, God “values” us, loves His family (us) so much that He sent His Son to die for us. A no-brainer, but God loved His Son and because Jesus willingly came and lived and died for those that God called- and is calling- God gave these to Jesus. No matter who our parents were or no matter what our past is like, we are not “accidents” and we are not just some random person among millions. We were designed and created by God, or in other words, we are fathered by God-that may be a stretch for us to comprehend-but nonetheless it’s true. God knew us long before we were born physically and God knows us better than we know ourselves. God knows the length of our days and He knows every detail of our lives. We are not valuable or important in and of ourselves, but our value comes from having been joined to Christ and we have been joined to Him because of the love that the Father has for us. Realizing that our value comes from God and not ourselves, results in the right spirit of humility. At the same time, because we are in Christ, the scriptures say that we can do all things through Him. So, it is important to understand how God sees us and to understand that He gave Jesus a very special gift-you and I. He gave us as a gift to Jesus because His love for us was the reason He came and died for us-His brothers and sisters! When Adam and Eve sinned, the relationship and fellowship between God and man was broken. Now, Jesus has come and once again we can have fellowship with the Father. Let us not take for granted our reconciliation with God and let us realize that we have been placed into the family of God! God calls us a “gift”- a gift given to His Son. Wow!
John 15:9: “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.”
John 16:27: “for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.”
John 17:6: “I manifested Thy name to the men whom Thy gavest Me out of the world. Thine they were, and Thou hast given them to Me, and they have kept thy Word.”
Blessings,
Buddy
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