08/20/2020
Hey, I didn’t know if you knew this or not, but the review on you is in and you got five stars from the only One who matters…
You are my creation
(Genesis 2:7)
I created you in my own image
(Genesis 1:27)
I knew you before you were
(Psalm 139:16)
I knit you together in your mother’s womb
(Psalm 139:13)
Before a word is on your tongue I know it
(Matthew 10:30)
You are fearfully and wonderfully made
(Psalm 139:14)
I have given you dominion over all creation
(Psalm 8:6–8; Genesis 1:26, 28)
I have crowned you with glory and honor as the pinnacle of creation
(Psalm 8:5; Genesis 1:26)
But, you exchanged the truth about me for a lie
(Romans 1:25)
You have sinned and fallen short of My glory
(Romans 3:23)
You were spiritually dead
(Ephesians 2:1)
Yet, I love you so much I would give My very best to bring you back
(John 3:16)
While you were still sinners, Christ died for you
(Romans 5:8, 10)
You belong to me
(John 14:18; 1 Corinthians 6:19)
I love you as a perfect Father
(1 John 3:1; Luke 15:20–24)
You are a brand new creation. The old has passed away; the new has come
(2 Corinthians 5:17)
You died to sin and are now alive in me
(Romans 6:11; Ephesians 2:4–5)
There is now no condemnation for you
(Romans 8:1–2)
All your sins are forgiven
(1 John 1:9)
You are cleansed by the blood of Jesus
(1 John 1:7, 9)
You are now righteous in my sight
(Romans 4:5)
You’ve been saved by grace
(Ephesians 2:8)
Nothing will be able to separate you from my love
(Romans 8:39)
No one is able to sn**ch you out of my hand
(John 10:29)
I will never leave you nor forsake you
(Hebrews 13:5)
Abide in Me and I will abide in you
(John 15:4)
I have made a place for you and will come get you to be with me, forever
(Revelation 22:4; John 14:3)
See the whole message here:
A major theme of these two letters is encouragement… or, literally to “put courage into” another.