Luke 19:10 – For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost.
1 Timothy 1:15 – Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners–of whom I am the worst.
Romans 7:22-23 – 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.
1 John 2:1-2 – My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Who are the children of God? Really God reduced it all to something so simple, yet we had been so lost that the simple seemed impossibly difficult to understand. Indeed, in our corrupted hearts and minds (before redemption), it was.
As Romans 3:10,12 every single human being born into this earth is born with inherited original sin and is utterly lost and separated from God. This was all of us. Everyone was born into this world in this dilemma.
All of mankind has inherited a sin nature from our ancestors, Adam and Eve. We had no way to save ourselves (Matthew 19:25-26). Unless someone interceded, we were all hopelessly doomed.
Because of His love for us, God, our Rescuer, our Hope, our Savior, interceded and sent Jesus to save the us all (John 3:16).
Jesus answered the call. Jesus came. Luke 19:10 – For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost.
Amongst the wretched of all of humanity through all of time, Jesus found me, no less a sinner than any other (1 Timothy 1:15). He also found all of you. He found us.
He loved us before we loved Him (1 John 4:19). We responded to His love and He saved us from our unsaved condition (Romans 10:9-10). He made us, who were lost, His very own children (1 John 3:1).
You’d think that after He rescued us that we would love Him enough to live in perfect obedience to Him. But no, we still struggle with the sin that clings to us (Romans 7:22-23, 1 Timothy 1:15). It truly is disgusting. You think He would get tired of us. But no, He still loves us, He still keeps us. His grace is a divine pulse that is not one time received and then gone. No, it is His love and divine will living in us throughout eternity. As our heart pulses earthly life through us and so we live. More so His grace pulses eternal life through us, and earthy cleansing that lasts forever, and so we shall live forever with Him.
1 John 2:1-2 – My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. This means we all have grace that never tires, never leaves, and never perishes. We love God and call out to Him, like bleating sheep who know that only their shepherd keeps them, we call out to our divine Shepherd, who keeps us safe and guides us home. And that is where we are going. We are going home. We are going to heaven. And evermore shall we be with Him. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.