My OperaAll things fulfilled
Saturday, October 6, 2007 1:09:30 AM
In my last post I mentioned a couple of “labels” that people tend to attach to this gospel of grace and peace and I want to say that I have no problem with what some of these are saying as some of the things they say and believe are fine. I didn’t say those things to oppose in any way what they are saying or to say I am against anyone that still attends church.
I just wanted to make clear that I personally do not believe the gospel of grace and peace should have any label attached to it. The gospel of grace and peace is simply Christ and Him crucified. I believe the sacrifice of the cross was complete and was in no way a means for us to achieve anything or be purified in the future. I believe the blood that was shed on that cross was sufficient to accomplish everything it was intended to accomplish without having to go through any form of purification in the future.
I also believe that to enter into the presence of the Lord at death will be sufficient to complete whatever we still have in our minds that may not have been renewed. I think this morning of the words uttered by Jesus as His last words on the cross, it is finished. I believe everything the entire human race ever needed to be made right with God was exactly that….finished.
If there was some purification for the future it would be saying He came to give the human race a chance to be purified at some point, if not in this life then in the life to come. To me that would be saying the work of the cross was not complete and a further work is required. I am a firm believer that the work of the cross was sufficient to accomplish exactly what it was intended to accomplish. That being of course the full and total redemption of all mankind through His shed blood. To say I have to do anything, whether in this life or the life to come, is saying it was not completed at that time.
Jesus said in Luke 24:44 that if you want to know truth you have to go to the law, the Psalms and the prophets. When you do go to the Scriptures you will not find anywhere that mankind would be given a chance at redemption. Everything about Him had been revealed to the prophets. And by the prophets He was not talking about those that call themselves prophets today and stand behind pulpits pronouncing judgment and saying all these disasters are coming upon the earth. These are quite clearly self made false prophets.
It is quite clearly foretold by all the prophets in the Old Testament that there would be an event that would redeem, purify and make the entire human race back to right standing with God. This event of course we know as the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe His blood accomplished exactly that for which it was intended and that was to make the entire world righteous by His sacrifice.
As I have discussed with a few of my friends, I believe the verse that says every knee shall bow (Romans 14:11) is being fulfilled minute by minute as people pass on from this life. (This verse is a quote of the scripture in Isaiah 45:23 by the way, which is why it is preceded by “it is written”) I know this verse is looked at that it is a time in the future when everyone that has ever lived here on earth will bow to the Master. Some even believe that after “every knee has bowed”, forcefully for some, some will be cast into everlasting fire. This of course is not according to the gospel of grace and peace. I think it is a bowing down in adoration of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
I am not writing this to be at odds with anyone that believes there is a future purification process and have taken on some label. I am simply saying that I believe the gospel of grace and peace was totally fulfilled at the cross by His blood that He shed. I believe it was totally sufficient to accomplish what He came to accomplish and that was the redemption of the entire human race.
I just wanted to make clear that I personally do not believe the gospel of grace and peace should have any label attached to it. The gospel of grace and peace is simply Christ and Him crucified. I believe the sacrifice of the cross was complete and was in no way a means for us to achieve anything or be purified in the future. I believe the blood that was shed on that cross was sufficient to accomplish everything it was intended to accomplish without having to go through any form of purification in the future.
I also believe that to enter into the presence of the Lord at death will be sufficient to complete whatever we still have in our minds that may not have been renewed. I think this morning of the words uttered by Jesus as His last words on the cross, it is finished. I believe everything the entire human race ever needed to be made right with God was exactly that….finished.
If there was some purification for the future it would be saying He came to give the human race a chance to be purified at some point, if not in this life then in the life to come. To me that would be saying the work of the cross was not complete and a further work is required. I am a firm believer that the work of the cross was sufficient to accomplish exactly what it was intended to accomplish. That being of course the full and total redemption of all mankind through His shed blood. To say I have to do anything, whether in this life or the life to come, is saying it was not completed at that time.
Jesus said in Luke 24:44 that if you want to know truth you have to go to the law, the Psalms and the prophets. When you do go to the Scriptures you will not find anywhere that mankind would be given a chance at redemption. Everything about Him had been revealed to the prophets. And by the prophets He was not talking about those that call themselves prophets today and stand behind pulpits pronouncing judgment and saying all these disasters are coming upon the earth. These are quite clearly self made false prophets.
It is quite clearly foretold by all the prophets in the Old Testament that there would be an event that would redeem, purify and make the entire human race back to right standing with God. This event of course we know as the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe His blood accomplished exactly that for which it was intended and that was to make the entire world righteous by His sacrifice.
As I have discussed with a few of my friends, I believe the verse that says every knee shall bow (Romans 14:11) is being fulfilled minute by minute as people pass on from this life. (This verse is a quote of the scripture in Isaiah 45:23 by the way, which is why it is preceded by “it is written”) I know this verse is looked at that it is a time in the future when everyone that has ever lived here on earth will bow to the Master. Some even believe that after “every knee has bowed”, forcefully for some, some will be cast into everlasting fire. This of course is not according to the gospel of grace and peace. I think it is a bowing down in adoration of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
I am not writing this to be at odds with anyone that believes there is a future purification process and have taken on some label. I am simply saying that I believe the gospel of grace and peace was totally fulfilled at the cross by His blood that He shed. I believe it was totally sufficient to accomplish what He came to accomplish and that was the redemption of the entire human race.
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