18 January 2024

THE GOOD NEWS OF REDEMPTION AND RECONCILIATION


God created man to live eternally and have fellowship with Him. But man was deceived by Satan, disobeyed God, and fell short of His Glory. That is why sin entered the heart of man and this was a great PROBLEM for all of us. 


But by his grace and mercy, God sent his Son Jesus the Messiah into the world, to be the perfect atoning Lamb who must suffer and die on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins, and free us from the power of sin and our sinful nature. 


Because of Jesus' love and obedience to God his Father, He became the ANSWER to man's problem and, in fact, is the Good News of freedom and redemption from sin and condemnation for humanity.  So, whoever fully believes and repents and turns to God the Father, and buries his old self and resurrects in newness of life with Jesus through water baptism for the washing of sins, and receives the gift of the Holy Spirit through prayer, then he is made holy and becomes a completely new creation. 


Jesus reconciled us to God through his death and resurrection.  And when we believe the Good News and are baptized, then the Spiritual Presence of God comes to live in us and work through us. 


Jesus poured out his Holy Spirit upon us so that we could have constant communion with Him and with God the Father, praying in the Spirit and meditating on the Holy Word.  The Holy Spirit and the Holy Word in us will help us to faithfully love God in prayer and serve Him, by spreading the Gospel and making followers of Jesus wherever we are and at every opportunity. 


After the day of judgment of all humanity, God will receive and reward only those who believed and obeyed Him to the end, placing them in a new Heaven and a new Earth to be in communion with Him, the Lord God Almighty, and with His Son Jesus, the Lamb, forever and ever!  Amen.


Here is a powerful video of a teaching by Brother Torben about the Good News, with very good biblical references:


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