The Exalted Words of Jesus

Lately I've been looking at some of the phrases Jesus spoke to His disciples.  Amazing.  And we are supposed to live up to them?  We're supposed to honestly believe them and walk out our Christian faith using them as our guideposts?  Really? 

Simply put ... yes we are.  But I find at least for me, that it's a great big leap up just to try and grab hold of even the purest and simplest statements Jesus taught.  Of course, why be satisfied with only mediocrity as far as your faith is concerned, using only enough to get by on ... until something comes our way that takes what I will call ... great faith.  Like in Mark 9:23 where Jesus said ... "If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes."

The exalted words of Jesus.  Stay with me and take a look at some more of them ...

John 14: 12-14 ... "I say unto you, he that believes on Me, the works that I do shall he do also: and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father.  And whatsoever you shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."

Am I right?  Would you agree that these are exalted words.  I have absolutely no problem believing that God can do these things.  My problem is trying to believe that I can live up to these exalted words of Jesus.

Phillip Yancey, in his book ... "Disappointment with God" ... asks this question: "How can we reconcile the exalted words of the New Testament with the everyday reality around us?"

To reconcile means ... "make or show to be compatible."  With the everyday reality around us?  Let me think about that for a moment.  Now that's a hard one.  

In truth, we can't reconcile them ... but the Holy Spirit wants too.  That's why Jesus said in John 14:16 that God would send the Holy Spirit to help us to do just that. 

The very titles given to the Holy Spirit … "Intercessor … Helper … Counselor … Comforter" … imply there will be problems.  But with God nothing is impossible.

The world is a dark place without Jesus.  He is the light of the world.  It's dark until sunrise.  The closer the sun comes to where we are viewing the horizon from, the brighter it becomes until the darkness is dispelled by the approaching morning light. 

Which makes me wonder ... can we really see Jesus, as the light of the world, until we have been in the dark a while?  No ... you do not have to sit outside in the dark.  If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is required.

Maybe darkness is required to really see the light of Jesus in this world. 

Back to more of the exalted words of Jesus ...

Mark 11:24 ... "I say unto you, What things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them."

I've quoted this scripture in prayer more times than I want to think about.  I am not saying that just repeating this scripture and a few other exalted worded ones always brought the answer I wanted from God.  The reason I'm not saying that is because it didn't.

So here I am, trying to be as honest as I can, without doing harm to the Scriptures ... when the Lord starts speaking to me about the exalted words of Jesus and my faith.  And it happens to be the same four words that Jesus spoke to Peter in Matthew 14:31.

"Why did you doubt?"  Every time I hear these words myself, and He has asked me that question in my spirit a few times before, it cuts to the heart.  Why do I doubt?  Or question?  Or what I'm good at ... trying to explain it away?

The words of Jesus should be exalted words.  After all, His nature and heart is that of God the Father.  Shouldn't we want Him to speak things of faith that are beyond our natural reach, things that make us grow our faith. 

It's called the good fight of faith.  And yes ... it is a battle.  But God's not a liar.  Neither is Jesus.  So when Jesus speaks words of faith ... shouldn't we believe them?

Yes ... many of the exalted words of Jesus seem so far above our reach of faith that we don't even consider them as a real promise.  But they are.

When the Syro-Phoenician woman and her plea for help was basically ignored by Jesus, she was not deterred or discouraged in her mission to get His help for her daughter.  She fought for the only hope she thought she had, and that hope was in the mercy now being denied from Jesus.  So boldly she says to Jesus ... "Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters table."

So ... receiving the "whatsoever" you ask, depends upon your faith in "believing" ... the exalted words of Jesus.

Let's not be satisfied with the crumbs anymore.



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Is God Still In Control

Is God still in control?  If we look around us at what is happening in the world as well as here in America, then that could be a valid question.  Did you ever think of asking God ... "What is going on?"  Those of us who believe the words of the Bible that used to be written in red ... the words of Jesus ... know that He said these very things that we now see happening, would come to pass. 

So, should the next question be ... "Are we rushing down a slippery slope, returning as it were, back to the days of Noah where God destroyed the earth?"  I wonder just how long God is going to put up with this mess.

Scary isn't the right word, but it just might be for some people when we compare what Jesus said will be happening in the last days that usher in the end of the world, and what is going on right now in 2014.  So to those who might be worried, I speak to you the same few words that Jesus said ... "be not troubled, the end is not yet."

Matthew 24:6-8 ... "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  For nation shall rise against nation, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in many places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows." 

Every generation since Jesus has heard the same warnings ... the end is near.  Man is going to destroy himself.  War.  Then world war.  After W.W. II, Albert Einstein was asked what kind of weapons W.W. III would be fought with.  He answered ... "I don't know, but W.W. IV will be fought with sticks and stones" ... alluding to his belief that man would someday destroy the world with the weapons of war that he helped design.      

And if that isn't enough to worry about, now "they say" we are going to be destroyed by some huge asteroid hitting the earth, or some dreaded pandemic. 

Well I say ... God made this earth and He knows how to keep it going "until" He is through with it.  And then He is going to clean up the mess man has left on it when He makes the new eternal earth where there will be no war, no death, no sickness, and no sin.  Sin was ... "the beginning of sorrows."  It really was.

Leaving the grand thought of a new earth, and going back to what we see in the natural ... not only is man making war against each other, it seems as if nature is waring against mankind as well.  It's almost like the earth is rebelling as Jesus said, with "famines, pestilences, and earthquakes" against what is going on with man's control of things.

I'm reminded of the little "Pogo" comic which shows Pogo siting on a high bluff overlooking a vast portion of the earth with the caption ... "We have met the enemy, and he is us."

Whether relating to the condition of the earth or to our own bodies, it seems that we are our own worst enemy.

So, just as a point of argument ... let's say that God, as the master watchmaker, has wound up this universe and now time has run down to the next to the last tick.  The end is near.  And so what if it is; does that mean that God is not in control?

What is man to do?  Ah, yes ... why not look to our instruction manual?  You say, "I didn't know we had one."  Yep!  It's called the Bible.  Here's an example from Psalms 46:1-10 ...

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and the mountains be carried into the sea;
Though the waters roar and be troubled, and the mountains shake with the swelling thereof ...
The Lord of hosts is with us ... God is our refuge.
Come, behold the works of the Lord ...
He makes wars to cease, He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in two ...
(And He says) ... 'Be still, and know that I am God'."

The Apostle Paul gave us some encouraging words to live by as well in Ephesians 5:15-20 ...

"See that you walk circumspectly, (looking around and being wary) ...
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Wherefore be not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Be not drunk with wine ... but be filled with the Spirit ...
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs ...
Giving thanks unto God ..." 

Understanding the will of the Lord.  I've been trying to understand that for the last 52 years.  I'm getting closer, but there is more to learn, especially in the area of God's sovereign authority to make decisions over the whole earth and to enforce obedience to His will ... if He so chooses ... over that last part.

I think God's will for us might have something to do with the question in Micah 6:8 ...

"What doth the LORD require of thee?
To do justly …
To love mercy …
To walk humbly with thy God."
  
When Solomon put life on trial, he wrote in Ecclesiastes 1:13 … "I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven" ... (by God and man.)

Finally, after his long search, Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes 12:13 ... "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."

So, if I re-arrange my first question, it now becomes a statement ... 

God is still in control!


 


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His Ultimate Purpose ... Part II

Part I ended with ... When the elect is mentioned in the New Testament, it is usually speaking of Christ's church.  But it hasn't always been this way.

Continuing ...

The elect in the Old Testament is the nation of Israel ... Deuteronomy 7:6 ... "For thou art an Holy People ... the Lord thy God hath chosen (selected) thee to be a special people ..."
 
Also in Isaiah 65:9 ... "And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob ... and mine elect (select) shall inherit it ..."

 Therefore, I am of the opinion that God ... knowing from the beginning who would accept salvation and who would not ...  elected (selected) those whom He foreknew would accept Jesus.  It is in the light of this foreknowledge that He pre-determines.

While He never leaves His ultimate purpose at the mercy of human uncertainty … He recognizes the free will of man and pre-arranges and directs events according to His foreknowledge of what man will do.

Let me say again, what must be kept in mind is the fact that predestination ... is not God arbitrarily predetermining who should and should not be saved.  God foreknew what each one would do in response to His grace, and He elected (selected) those whom He knew would respond positively.

Paul writes in Ephesians 1:4-5 ... "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of His will ..." 

This scripture seems to infer that everything results from the will of God.

On the other hand, Revelation 22:17 states ... "And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."  This scripture clearly says that the water of life is available to anyone on the basis of choice and human free will.

In Matthew 23:37 we have the words of Jesus while He wept over Jerusalem, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem … how often would I have gathered thy children together … and ye would not!"
 
The truth is, the Bible seemingly teaches both positions.  God is Sovereign, but His decisions are not arbitrarily based on random choices.  Our inability to reconcile the two positions does not make one position or the other untrue.  God can be Sovereign without violating man’s freedom of choice.

But many ask ... "What about Judas?"  Some people say he didn't have a choice.  Was Judas, just following God's plan for him?  I would have to say no ... because God is not the author of sin.  But even so, the free will choice Judas made was incorporated into God's overall plan.  Judas did not do as he did because God knew that he would do so ... but the fact that he would do so ... was the basis upon which God knew it.
 
Fore-knowledge no more determines a man’s actions than after-knowledge.  Knowledge is determined by the fact ... not the fact by the knowledge.  God knows from all eternity what each man will do, whether he will yield to the Spirit and accept Christ, or whether he will resist the Spirit and refuse Christ.

Only those who will receive Him are ordained to eternal life.  If any are lost it is simply because they will not come to Christ and obtain eternal life.  God chooses those who believe through the measure of faith He gives to each man.  He does not predestine that some may not believe.  The choice to become a participant in God’s predestined plan of salvation is always the free will option of all men.

His will is that all should choose life ... 

1st Timothy 2:4 ... "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."

2nd Peter 3:9 ... "The Lord is ... not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

I believe ... His ultimate purpose ... is to bring salvation to man.

I leave you with this question ... "Why didn't the Jews believe in Jesus?" 

"They did not believe because they would not believe."
 



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Resource material from ... "Foundations of Pentecostal Theology" ... edited for clarity

His Ultimate Purpose

  
It seems to me that everything God has ever done, was done for the benefit of man, although at first glance, it may not look like it.

The Apostle Paul, in considering Jesus, wrote this in Ephesians 1:11 ... "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will."

Isaiah 14:24 ... "The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand."

It seems clear from the teaching of Scripture that all events are known to God from the beginning and that they are taken into account in His plan and purpose. This does not mean that God causes and is responsible for all acts and events, but that they are a part of His ultimate purpose in the sense that He works all things to His ultimate Glory.

Isaiah 46:9-11 ... "I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning ... My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure ... Yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it."

The overruling purpose of God in the affairs of man is expressed by Paul on Mars' Hill in his sermon to the Athenians in Acts 17:25-27 ... "God giveth to all life, and breath, and all things ... and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation ... that they should seek the Lord."

This "before appointed" Divine purposing however, does not deprive man of his freedom of choice nor personal responsibility, as Paul goes on to say ... "because He hath appointed a day, in which He will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom He hath ordained ... in that He raised Him from the dead."  (v. 31)

Bible prophecy demonstrates two things ... 1.) that God is Omniscient (all knowing) and therefore knows all things from the beginning, and 2.) that He has a plan and purpose He carries out for His glory and for the redemption of His people.  There has never been an event that surprised God and required Him to improvise to rescue His program from disaster.

Not even man’s original sin surprised God.  He created Man with freedom of will to obey or disobey.  God ordained that man should have the capacity for sin, although  He did not force them to exercise that capacity, but He knew that they would exercise it.

Even so ... God is not the author of sin.  He, in His Infinite Wisdom which we cannot fully fathom, made man a free moral agent capable of obedience or disobedience.

Depravity, pain, and crime resulted from Man’s disobedience, but God purposed to overrule these.  The three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, Daniel in the lion’s den, and Joseph sold cruelly into Egypt, demonstrate the working of His ultimate purpose. 

Joseph tells his brothers in Genesis 50:20 ... "You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good."  All of the above events turned out to be His blessings to His people and bringing Him glory.

Before God created Man, He had already purposed to bring Redemption by Christ Jesus.  1st Peter 1:19-20 ... "But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you ..."

Titus 1:2 ... "In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began ..."

Jesus therefore was predestined in the heart and mind of God to be the sin offering before any part of creation started.  Whether or not it was at the same time, God also had a plan for those who would accept Jesus as Lord.   

Romans 8:29 ... "For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son ..."

We must not read into this however, the idea of an arbitrary, random choice that elects some and excludes others.  This predestination is based upon the foreknowledge of God, as Paul states in the above verse in Romans, and as it is also confirmed in 1st Peter 1:2 ... "Elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father ..."

This word "elect" which has caused much discussion, is used 16 times in the New Testament and is always translated from the Greek word "ekletos" meaning "select" ... and by implication can mean ... a chosen favorite.

Jesus is speaking in Matthew 24:22, 24, 31; "... but for the elect's sake ... if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect ... they shall gather together his elect ..."

When the elect is mentioned in the New Testament, it is usually speaking of Christ's church.  But it hasn't always been this way.


To be continued ...


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Deliberate Sin

I remember as a young Christian, reading one particular scripture that flat out scared me.  Concern or worry might best describe my feelings, but as I read it (taken out of context of course) it alluded to what I thought would be ... my running out of, or using up ... the sacrifice Jesus made for my sin.

So today, I want to take another look at this very same scripture that must be somewhat confusing to more people than just me.  We don't even know who wrote it, because it's author did not sign his name, although many people attribute the writing style of this book to the Apostle Paul.  But for whatever reason the author of the book of Hebrews remains anonymous.
 
About 50 years ago I read these sobering words in Hebrews 10:26 ... "For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins ..."   (KJV)    

As a young Christian that got my attention.  I didn't like what I was reading one bit.  You see, I was just learning how to keep myself from continuing to walk "willfully" in my old sinful ways.  Becoming that new creature in Christ is a slow process ... at least it was for me.

Oh, many things dropped off right away.  I didn't have too many of the outward sins like smoking, drinking, chasing girls or raising hell all the time and causing trouble.  But I still sinned ... and yes, sometimes even willfully.

What was I to do after finding this scripture?  I had sinned willfully after becoming a Christian.  Did that mean Jesus' sacrifice no longer remained for me?  Do you understand the concern I had as a young believer?    

Is there anyone reading this today who can say they haven't sinned willfully after excepting Jesus and starting the process of making Him Lord?  Haven't we all done that?  Deliberate sin.  Knowing it's wrong and going ahead and doing it ... even after we became Christians.  If so, then we all need to look at this scripture in Hebrews 10:26 a little closer.

This verse in the New King James Version reads slightly different from the (KJV) I have already given you ... "For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins ..."

Does this mean that our deliberate sin cancels out Jesus' death on the cross?  Absolutely not.  This same chapter of Hebrews declares in verses 10 thru 14 ...

"We are sanctified (declared holy) through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all ... but this man, (Jesus) after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God ... for by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified."

Jesus died one time, and one time only.  Jesus was God's only sacrifice for sin and it will not be repeated.  Once was enough ... nothing else can or should be done ... which leads us to the meaning of Hebrews 10:26.

In trying to explain verse 26, I find my words are simply inadequate.  But I did find some other Bible versions that might help us gain a more complete understanding of the intended meaning.  The following phrases from verse 26 are transposed as written ...

"... if we deliberately continue sinning ..."  (NLT)

"If we deliberately keep on sinning ..."  (NIV)
 
"... if we willfully persist in sin ..."  (The Voice)

And then I found this in "The Message Bible" and it seems to be the closest to the meaning of Hebrews 10:26 ...

"If we give up and turn our backs on all we've learned, all we've been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ's sacrifice and are left on our own to face Judgment."

The phrase ... "we repudiate Christ's sacrifice" ... explains why there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.  The word repudiate means ... "refuse to accept or be associated with."   It's our choice.  Left on our own ... now that's a scary thought.
  
It's not that Jesus' sacrifice is canceled out.  Sin can be forgiven.  (See 1st John 1:8-10)  It's only when we turn our backs on Jesus and persist willfully and deliberately to continue and pursue a life of sin once again.  This scripture is not speaking about just committing one sin ... it's speaking about going back to a sinful lifestyle.  

It's all up to you.  If you choose to go back into sin and you reject or refuse to accept Jesus' sacrifice, then it's true ... "there no longer remains a sacrifice for sin."

Whether you are sinner or saint ... there is no other sacrifice for sin other than Jesus.

For me today, this scripture means ... if in your heart and mind you can't or won't accept what Jesus has done, the price He paid on the cross ... then it becomes true.  I say again ... for you ... there no longer remains a sacrifice for your sin. 

And that sacrifice was and always will be Jesus.

It's Jesus or nothing.


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The Book of Life

When I was attending Sunday School as a young boy, I was taught about a book that God had in His possession called, "The Book Of Life."  I had some other teachers call it, "The Lambs Book Of Life."  Both terms are found in scripture.

The common teaching was and still is today that a person's name is written down in this book when they are born again, when they accept Jesus as their Savior and Lord.

The representation here is ... that God keeps a book or register, in which are recorded the names of all who shall obtain everlasting life.  The term, "the book of life" is found eight times in the K.J.V; once in the Apostle Paul's letter to the church at Philippi, and seven times in the Book of Revelation.

In reference to Paul's letter in Philippians 4:3, Paul is speaking about his fellow laborers ... "whose names are in the book of life."

But a few people say, no, it's something else.  This book is a list of all the names, of all those who have ever lived.  They say that's why it is called ... "The Book Of Life."  Evidently with this theory, God places everyone's name in the book that has ever lived thru out history, and then removes only the names of those who never except His plan of salvation. 

I say ... does it really matter?  They can both be scripturally correct.

Both the Old and New Testament contain scripture affirming the removal or the blotting out of the names of the unrighteous, unsaved ... those who are not born again.

When Moses came down from the mountain after he had received the Ten Commandments, and saw that the people had made a golden calf to worship, he pleaded unto God to forgive the people of their sin.  So we find Moses in conversation with God about this in ...

Exodus 32:32-33 ... "Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.  And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of my book."

Moses was willing to trade himself in place of his people losing their salvation if that was the price required for forgiveness.  But God would have no part of that.  God would judge each of them, just as He will us ... and if our sin hasn't been covered by the blood of the Lamb ... then God Himself will remove our name from the book of Life, or so it seems. 

And now for the good part ...
 
In Revelation 3:5, Jesus is speaking to the seven churches, and even as imperfect as they were, they were still His church, covered by His blood; and as such He says to those who overcome ... "I will not blot out your name from the book of life."

The righteous, those saved by the blood of Jesus ... will be safe ... whose name is found in the book of life.

Albert Barnes, the old Presbyterian biblical scholar and theologian made this comment about this verse ...

"The expression 'I will not blot out' means, the names would be found there on the day of judgment, the final account, and would be found there forever.  It may be remarked, that as no one can have access to that book but He who keeps it, there is the most positive assurance that it will never be done, and the salvation of the redeemed will be, therefore, secure forever."

Going on now to judgment ...

Revelation 20:12 ... "And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is that of life.  And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works."

And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life ... the book containing the record of the names of all who shall enter into life ... or into heaven.  No other use seems to be made of this book in the judgment of sinners, than only to observe whose names were not written in it.

Revelation 20:13-15 ... "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged each according to their works; and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.  This is the second death, even the lake of fire.  And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire."

In regard to the lost, if your name is not found in the book of life, that means either you never accepted Jesus as your Savior and it was never placed there; or if it is a book of all the living ... then God removed it, blotted it out because you died a lost sinner.    

Revelation 21:27 ... "And there shall no wise enter into it (Heaven) any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lambs Book of Life."

There is a "Book of Life" with names in it.

There are also "other books" which shall be opened if your name isn't found in the book of life.  They are full of your deeds and works which won't be good enough to satisfy the righteousness demanded by God.  No one will be safe who is to have his eternal destiny determined by his own deeds.

Only Jesus can put your name in the book of life, and only Jesus can keep the other books closed at judgment. 

Is your name in the Lamb's Book of life?

It had better be.



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He's Greater

Have you ever had a song capture your spirit?  This past week one praise and worship song I watched on a video has done just that.  It's not just the words, although a couple of lines really grabbed me with God's truth.  I'll tell you what they are in a minute.

I honestly believe it's one of the best songs of praise I have heard in quite a while.  Along with great lyrics, it's the whole thing, how it's put together ... the flow of the rhythm and beat.  Did you know you can praise the Lord featuring a drum as they do in this music video?  It works.

Okay ... here's what first grabbed me.

"There'll be days I lose the battle ...
Grace says that it doesn't matter ...
Cause the Cross already won the war."

Wow!
 
Yep ... I confess, some days I lose the battle.  I miss the mark, I fail to act like Jesus.  I often operate out of fear.  Is that sin?  Could be.  Depends on the type of fear.  What about worry.  Do you entertain doubt?  I do ... because with some things ... I just don't know.

But ... when I do fail, I hear a voice somewhere inside of me ... I'm not real sure where it's at, my soul or spirit I guess ... and He encourages me just like this praise song says in another line.    

"I hear a voice and He calls me redeemed."

That's part of the battle.  Believing that God loves us ... mistakes and all ... even when we fail.  We are not redeemed by what we do or don't do.  We are redeemed because Jesus took the sin of the world and nailed that sin to the cross with the same three rough iron spikes that was driven through His body, spilling His blood which ran down that cross ... 

"Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and (Jesus) took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross …"  (Colossians 2:14)

"Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, (hostility or opposition) even the law of commandments contained in ordinances …"  (Ephesians 2:15)

I may lose a battle every now and then, but "the Cross has already won the war."

Romans 8:1 … "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus …" period.  It's done.

And then you hear these words in the background of this song ...

"He's Greater, He's Greater."

So ... because His love and strength and forgiveness is greater than all your fears, doubts, failures and mistakes ... bring them all to Jesus.  Don't leave anything behind.

"He's Greater, He's Greater.  Cause the Cross already won the war."  

I love it.  That's all I can say.






The official lyric video can be found on YouTube at ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXI0B4iMLuU