GOD CHOSE US
II Tim. 1:9 It is God who
saved us and chose us to live a holy life.
He did this not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan
long before the world began--to show his love and kindness to us through Christ
Jesus. NLT
No one can save
himself from God's wrath. No one can
earn their way into God's favor. No one
can live a holy life on their own. There
is absolutely nothing we can do that is going to help us to become a child of
God. We are saved and made holy by what
Christ does for us. Period.
Why would Jesus do
what He has done for us? He loves us
eternally and before He ever created anything, He made the decision to make it
possible for us to be saved. God knew
what it would take for us to be made holy before Him and committed himself to
doing it. He knew before He created us
that we would reject Him and spurn His love.
He knew that sin would captivate our souls and condemn us to hell. He knew that only He could change our sinful
hearts and make us holy. Because He
created us in His own image to be the objects of His love and to have
fellowship with Him, He made the decision to come to earth to die for our sins
at Calvary.
There is no greater
display of love than the love God showed us through the life, death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus. Jesus is God's
display of love for all humanity for all time.
No one can love God and live for Him apart from Jesus. Calvary makes it possible for us to be saved
and made holy before God. Jesus is the
ONLY way we can have life in God for all of eternity.
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