Never ending Journey

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

[[oh yea]]

Praise God i'm alive!.. Praise God i'm living in righteousness!! Praise God for His everlasting Love and Grace! that i'm here standing today.. living.. and breathing..

2 a.m. in the morning.. i shud be sleeping.. but why? why am i awake.. all this while.. All my life as a christian.. all i did.. was condemning myself.. was awaring of my sins.. all my life.. what i did after Christ died for me.. i was still.. living in guilt, in fear, in condemnation.. in SIN!!..

but after so long.. God has been gracious.. thnx to a good friend of mine, Ken Cheong.. who lend me this CD from pastor Joseph Prince.. Finally, i understood.. what is righteousness.. what it means to be living in Christ Jesus..

What is righteousness.. in greek.. it means.. Clearness of Guilt.. which means.. we are cleared of all means of guiltness.. aka Sin, sin is not just about.. killing or stealing or lying.. when we think of sin.. it makes us sin conscious.. when we are sin conscious.. we start to fear, worry, and guilty over what we have done.. like cheated others.. or say something wrongly that offended others.. or when i lie.. then.. next time.. ppl will cheat me back..

So.. if i relate it back to "karma" which means, if i do good i get good things back, if i do bad things, i get back bad stuff, this mentality.. is good.. but when we do bad things.. like lying.. poof.. we will worry.. worry about what.. oh dis will lead to judgement in Hell.. whatever sins we have committed.. yea.. we will get that down there.. oh yea.. and its gonna be pain.. we will also worry about.. shit.. if i lie to my parents.. consequences are.. my parents wont trust me ever again..

Sure.. when we sin.. we are to pay for our consequences on earth, coz we have the law of the government, public law.. but down there.. IT IS FINISHED.. It is been fully paid.. paid by whom? Jesus Christ.. (Romans 3:25) for God has presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood, he demonstrated justice, because in his forebearance (exercise of patience) he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished - he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
If God were to be fair.. everyone will perish and burn in hell.. but Jesus came to bring life.. life in its abundance.. and be set free of the slavery of sin.. and those who are free are free indeed.. by dying on the cross.. God is fair by placing him judgement on the sins of all mankind on him.. so that we may exchange his righteousness.. a place in heaven..

Jesus.. who was born through virgin Mary, son of God, died on the cross.. exchanged our sins.. so that.. we exchanged His righteousness in God. an as an exchange for our sins.. He bore the penalty, the judgement of God so that.. through his righteousness.. we deserve blessings, health, prosperity, favor, everything good in this world plus everlasting life.. not only that, He gave us the holy spirit, and power over the evil one, who comes to steal, kill and destroy our mindset, our blessings.. And by his blood on the cross, we are covered from the head to the toe.. of every curses, bondages and every work of the evil one.

How did Jesus proved God's blessings, and whenever God promises something.. he will do it.. be it judgement or blessings. the parable of the prodigal son ( Mark 15:11 to 32), which Jesus told to the crowd, in it.. this father has 2 sons.. one.. who is a good boy.. does everything the father told, works hard.. the other son, useless, after gotten half of his father's inheritance, he spent all in prostitutes, gambling and left without money.. he was force to work in a pig sty, where he gets hungry.. And when he decided that he should return home, coz even his father's servants have food to eat and clothes to wear.. when he came home, not only his father didnt punish him, or banish him, his father held him a banquet, dressed him in new robe, gave him a ring, and killed a fatten calf for him... His goody brother? gets nothing and stands aside and see his brother's party.. and complains.. So.. God is like the father, even though after what we have done.. God already.. gracious enough.. to forgive.. forget.. and bless us again.. For He first loved us.. not necessary we must do good to get good stuff in return..

Now i can say that.. even though i sin.. i will still receive my blessings, my inheritance from God.. but when i'm sin conscious.. i will lose it.. for fear takes control of my mind.. but when i know.. that while i sin.. I have the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, sin already lost its power after the death of Jesus Christ, and the resurrection of Jesus, ensures our blessings.. that he didnt die in vain..

And when we know that God blesses us.. do we still wanna sin? when ppl do something good to u.. do u wanna wanna wack him? or betray him? i'm sure we will be thankful.. we will tell others of how good is he.. and giving him the utmost respect.. and follow in his footsteps in doing good as well..

Why am i saying this.. if i dont.. then.. i will be wrong.. for robbing everyone that i know of his blessings.. of his inheritance with God.. of what Christ has in store for everyone.. Don't u wanna be successful in life? dont u wanna have money.. have great family.. And its so easy.. to get all those things.. by just.. believing that Christ has already died and fully paid all your sins on the cross...

And this is just part of it.. u haven even know what blessings the bible are in store for us.. what God has promised..

Thnx for reading.. God bless..

[[With Jesus On This Endless Road]]*|3:44 AM|

[[The Walker]]

Name: Jack

[[About Me]]
I do not deserve all this,
but im here standing.
not becoz of my efforts,
but through His grace
This is my cry,
My one desire,
Is to be where you are Lord;
Now and forever.

[[Music's Playing]]

Artist: Maroon 5
Song: Makes Me Wonder

Makes Me Wonder Lyrics

[[My History]]

[[The Conversations]]

[[Friend's link]]

Thnx for voting, the next question. Life to you is like...
	fire, a passion burning for something
	ice, cold and in a stand still
	butterfly, free and easy, no worries
	water, ever changing, flowing smoothly

pollcode.com free polls