MARVELOUS BENEFIT

God created this earth for us to live in harmony with Him and ourselves but because of the sin of Adam and Eve, we became one that suffers and live life of hardship.  God in His infinite mercy sent His only Son to this world to bail us out of this position known as sin that we found ourselves, God so much loves us, He sent His Son Jesus Christ to correct all our ills to die for our sin, to all those who believe in Him.

We all thank our heavenly Father for His love, and as a result, we make up our minds to follow Him, that is give our life to Him.  Again, we all thank our heavenly Father for pitying us.  He loves us far more than we are capable of loving ourselves.  He has sent His only begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ to rid us from our sins and from the snare of the devil and lead us to eternal kingdom of heaven.

Through His teachings, Jesus Christ scattered the darkness of ignorance and all possible error and enlightened the world with the light of the true faith.  Now, anyone who desires it can come to know the will of God and attain eternal life.  Christ showed us by His way of life to live our life to attain salvation and He also assists us constantly in everything good.  By His most precious blood, Jesus washed away our sins and made us children of God who were slaves of passion and who were tormented by the devil.

By His death He crushed the power of the devil, destroyed the power of hell and delivered us from death.  By His resurrection, He gave us life and opened the gates of heaven to all.  Therefore, death is no longer an irreversible tragedy but a passage from this temporary world of vanity and sorrows to the world of bright and joyous life.  By His ascension into heaven Christ glorified our nature enabling us to share eternal bliss with the angel and all the heavenly creatures.  It is impossible fully to comprehend and to describe all the benefits that the Lord has prepared for us.

Let us just say that all who choose to believe in Him and to live a Christian life will become sons and daughters of God, will attain Heaven where the angels and the just reside, and will see God face to face.  They will rejoice with a pure and eternal joy, knowing no weariness, sadness or troubles.

It is so wonderful that Jesus Christ gives these marvelous benefits not to a chosen few, but to each and every person who desires to receive them. The path to salvation has been shown and arranged; it has been made as smooth and level as possible.  Besides this, Jesus Himself constantly helps us along the way, so to speak, leading us by the hand.

Psalm 103: 1, 2, 4-6 and 17 ‘Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.  Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy desire with good things, so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.  Jehovah executeth righteous acts, and judgments for all that are oppressed.  Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.  But the loving kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children.

So in Christ we are secured we are His.  We are in Jesus, therefore, we are secure, our security rests on our relationship.  It was God’s will to choose us, He called us in order to adopt us as His sons and daughters.  In other words, God has given us what we do not deserve.  He has freely bestowed on us His grace and made us part of His family.     I John 3: 1 say, “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!”.  God loves us, He has accepted us to give us security in life.  It is His love that changes us.  In Christ we are secure, in Christ we are accepted.

What to do to be partaker of these benefits in Christ

It only remains for us not to oppose Him, not to be obstinate, but to surrender ourselves to His will.  So you can see how much Jesus Christ loves us and what great blessings He is bestowing upon us.   Let us consider for a moment what would happen if Jesus were to appear before us now and ask “My children! Do you love Me for all that I have done for you and do you value those marvelous benefits that I bestow upon you?  Who among us would not answer Him, ‘Yes, Lord! I love You and am grateful to You’.

If then, we truly love Jesus Christ with our hearts and not just with our words, and if we are grateful to Him, are we then not bound to carry out what He wills for us to do? When a person truly loves his benefactor, he expresses his gratitude by doing what he desires.