“GREAT Mercy and GREAT Expectation”

 “GREAT Mercy and GREAT Expectation”

 

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  It is by His GREAT MERCY that we have been “BORN AGAIN,” because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead.  Now we live with GREAT EXPECTATION, and we have a PRICELESS INHERITANCE—-an inheritance that is kept in Heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.          1st Peter 1:3-4

MERCY is NOT GETTING what WE deserve.  And this ACT of God is a GIFT from God, which is what we NEED to be “born again” and that means we have TOTAL FORGIVENESS.  We are taken from our OLD SINFUL LIFE and BROUGHT into a NEW LIFE. One that is TOTALLY FREE from JUDGMENT, CONDEMNATION, and being HELL-BOUND for ALL OF ETERNITY. 

We have this opportunity because JESUS, GOD’S ONLY SON, SUFFERED, BLED and DIED TO PURCHASE OUR SALVATION and because GOD RAISED CHRIST from the dead, we can LIVE with GREAT EXPECTATION. Now you might want to KNOW:  What is this GREAT EXPECTATION?  It is having an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS, and we have a PRICELESS INHERITANCE that is KEPT in HEAVEN for US, who are TRUE BELIEVERS. This INHERITANCE is PURE and UNDEFILED, BEYOND the REACH of CHANGE and DECAY. 

And because of the RESURRECTION of JESUS CHRIST, we will have a BETTER FUTURE on the horizon.  The RESURRECTION of JESUS guarantees our OWN RESURRECTION. Thus, we have been “BORN AGAIN!”  With our FIRST BIRTH, we were born into a DEAD HOPE.  We were BORN to DIE with HELL as our ETERNAL HOME.

But NOW with GOD’S GREAT MERCY, we have the GREAT EXPECTATION of HEAVEN as our ETERNAL HOME.  And with that we are GUARDED by GOD’S POWER for the FULFILLMENT of our SALVATION that is YET to come. So, be TRULY GLAD!! There is a GREAT JOY ahead, even though we MUST ENDURE many TRIALS for a little while. It will prove that our FAITH is GENUINE.

Have you ACCEPTED GOD’S GREAT MERCY?  If NOT, you are headed for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. In order to ESCAPE HELL, you MUST COME to JESUS and ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the ONLY SAVIOR.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN making intercession for you before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and His GREAT MERCY and GREAT EXPECTATION of spending an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with the FATHER and His SON.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!