wonderful message. God takes the initiative to forgive sinners who are by nature given to wicked works. Considering the justice of God which stipulates death penalty for every sin man commits, nobody on earth – as long as he is conceived and born by a woman – would escape His judgment. But His supreme love chose to punish sin in the sinner’s substitute, thereby giving opportunity for man to enjoy His salvation. Love made Jesus to accept this divine verdict of suffering death penalty for the sins of mankind. Truly, there is no ”greater love” than this: the righteous dying for the unrighteous. Love is strong as death.
For love, He bore the pains of crucifixion and died to rescue us from present and eternal doom. He also rose to give us strength to live a life of total freedom from sin. The unique difference of every child of god is the total freedom from sin. So, the greatest title anyone can obtain in this world is to be called a child of the Most High God.
Many religious people do not have the assurance of total freedom from sin and being called children of God; they cannot boldly declare that ”Beloved, now are we the sons of God”. Incidentally, it is the assurance that births the hope of seeing Christ at His coming, that ”we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. He fulfils His part in the lives of those who do their part by genuinely repenting of their sins. And when we humbly pray to Him, He answers because He delights in our freedom from sin. We know this from His word, not from our feeling or the whispers of the devil, the liar, who seeks to confuse us. Besides, God sends the Spirit of His Son into the heart of everyone who is converted to assure him that he is now His child. Thanks for sharing