Psalm
24
The
earth is the Lord's and everything in it,
The
world, and all who live in it;
For
He founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
Christ
Jesus is coming soon to reclaim the earth He created;
To
eradicate sin from the earth and establish His Kingdom.
To
have a proper perspective on this natural life we have been given
We
need to remind ourselves that it was given to us by God.
Life,
this natural life we experience, is a gift from God.
From
the beginning God gave us a greater gift, Eternal LIFE;
A
perfect LIFE that was conditioned on only one command;
“You
must not eat from the Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil!”
Because
the knowledge of evil causes humans to sin
And
therefore to die.
Mankind
was not designed to withstand the knowledge of evil.
They
were designed perfectly, for a perfect environment, Paradise.
But
when Adam and Eve disobeyed God's command,
And
ate the fruit of the tree they discovered they were naked;
They
had sinned against God and now they would die as God had said.
From
that point forward in human history
Everyone
is born with a sin nature; with the natural propensity to sin.
This
is why Christ Jesus came.
He
came to redeem those who would believe in Him;
To
restore them to the perfect state of being they were designed for.
He
came to restore them to Paradise, the Kingdom Of God;
Which
is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
This
perfect state of being requires the character and nature of God.
Since
only God possesses these attributes,
This
could only be accomplished by God, the only LIFE,
The
Spirit of LIFE, living in a human.
Therefore
those who believe in Christ Jesus are born again.
They
are reborn of the Spirit of God.
Their
spirits that were dead in sin
Are
brought to LIFE by the Spirit of God.
It
is now Christ in them their hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27)
With
Christ living in them
They
are now more than a match for the evil one
Who
came to steal from, kill and destroy mankind.
Those
who believe,
Can
do all things through Christ who strengthens them.
(Philippians
4:13)
Christ
in us can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
According
to His power that is at work within us. (Ephesians 3:20)
Christ
Jesus promises:
'To
him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat
From
The Tree Of LIFE, which is in the Paradise of God.'
(Revelation
2:7)
This
is the full circle from death to LIFE,
Made
possible by the grace of God alone.
All
we have or can have is by the grace of God alone.
Heaven
is ours, LIFE is ours, if we believe and obey our Creator, God.
If
we believe Him, He gives us all He has to give.
We
then belong to Him and He to us.
All
he has, which is all there is, is ours
This
is the magnificent grace of God.
Wonderful
beyond all measure. Hallelujah!
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