Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is one of the most powerful messages you will ever hear!
“It is Finished!”
I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. — John
17:4
The death of Jesus Christ is the fulfillment in history of
the very mind and intent of God. There is no place for seeing Jesus Christ as a
martyr. His death was not something that happened to Him— something that might
have been prevented. His death was the very reason He came.
Never build your case for forgiveness on the idea that God
is our Father and He will forgive us because He loves us. That contradicts the
revealed truth of God in Jesus Christ. It makes the Cross unnecessary, and the
redemption “much ado about nothing.” God forgives sin only because of the death
of Christ. God could forgive people in no other way than by the death of His
Son, and Jesus is exalted as Savior because of His death. “We see Jesus…for the
suffering of death crowned with glory and honor…” (Hebrews 2:9). The
greatest note of triumph ever sounded in the ears of a startled universe was
that sounded on the Cross of Christ— “It is finished!” (John 19:30). That is
the final word in the redemption of humankind.
Anything that lessens or completely obliterates the holiness
of God, through a false view of His love, contradicts the truth of God as
revealed by Jesus Christ. Never allow yourself to believe that Jesus Christ
stands with us, and against God, out of pity and compassion, or that He became
a curse for us out of sympathy for us. Jesus Christ became a curse for us by
divine decree. Our part in realizing the tremendous meaning of His curse is the
conviction of sin. Conviction is given to us as a gift of shame and repentance;
it is the great mercy of God. Jesus Christ hates the sin in people, and Calvary
is the measure of His hatred.
No one killed JESUS! JESUS GAVE Himself to stand in OUR place! THAT was the very purpose of His coming to the earth in the first place! It WAS the plan of Almighty God to buy us back once we fell and to MAKE us HIS children by His SPirit in us! A far higher place than Lucifer EVER occupied! Our God IS GOD, and there IS no other! HALLELUJAH! Here is Hillsong with "What A Beautiful Name":Shalom in Him!
