Wednesday, August
15, 2018
Jesus replied,
“I am the bread of life. Whoever comes
to me will never be hungry again. Whoever
believes in me will never be thirsty. But you haven’t believed in me even though you have
seen me. However,
those the Father has given me will come to me, and I
will never reject them. For
I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my
own will. And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even
one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the
last day. For
it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have
eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.
John 6:35-40(NLT)
This morning let’s look at
what Jesus said about the Father’s will, a few statements that Jesus made to
those who rejected Him…statements about those who accept Him.
He Won’t Reject You
…those the
Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.
Many people have made a
wreck of their lives, and, believing that God could never accept a person as
sinful as they are, refuse to make the one step of repentance that will lead to
forgiveness. God has promised that all
who come with a repentant heart, the broken heart, the surrendered will, may
come into the family.
He will not reject you – He
died for you!
He Won’t Neglect You
And this is the will of God,
that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me
I have known so many people
who imagine that God’s forgiveness is so fragile that it can break and fade. People walk around praising God today for the
fact that salvation is free, and grace is sufficient. The next day they are wondering if it has run
out of warranty. The problem with people
in this group is they are operating on feelings, and not the assurance of the Word
of God. He promised, I will never leave you, or forsake you.[2]
If He will not reject you, He will also not neglect to hold onto you.
Dr. F. B. Meyer once told
about a Sunday school superintendent who asked his class, who can tell me what a yoke is? Something they put on the necks of animals,
answered a ten-year- old girl. Then, asked the leader, what is God's yoke? There was silence until a four-year-old
raised his hand and said, God, putting
His arms around our neck.
He will not reject, will not
neglect, but...
He Will Resurrect You
…raise them up
at the last day
Resurrection is not only the
theme of Christianity, it is the center.
Without the resurrection of Jesus, we have no reason to celebrate, or
hope. When it comes down to it you
either believe in the resurrection or you do not.
All these questions have the
same answer; find the common thread:
·
What is it that gives a widow courage as she stands beside a fresh
grave?
·
What is the ultimate hope of the cripple, the amputee, the abused?
·
How can the parents of brain-damaged or physically handicapped children
keep from living their entire lives totally and completely depressed?
·
Why would anyone who is blind or deaf or paralyzed be encouraged when
they think of the life beyond?
·
How can we see past the martyrdom of some helpless hostage?
·
When a family receives the tragic news that a little daughter was found
dead or their dad was killed in a plane crash or a son overdosed on drugs, what
single truth becomes their whole focus?
·
What is the final answer to pain, mourning, senility, insanity,
terminal diseases, sudden calamities, and fatal accidents?
By now you have guessed
correctly; it’s the hope of bodily resurrection. That is the Father’s will. And Jesus came to make that possible.
For You Today
When you place your faith (all your
hope, trust and entire existence) in Jesus Christ, that hope extends into the endless
eternity beyond time and space; you are part of a family God will build and
bless forever.
This world will pass away, replaced
by the New Jerusalem, New Heavens, and New Earth. Like the Apostle Paul wrote[3],
our faith is in the resurrection of Christ as our sure hope; He died, but He rose
again…and said we would too! He is the
bread of LIFE!
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[1] Title Image: Courtesy of Pixabay.com
[3] 1 Corinthians 15:19
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