31/03/2021
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๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐. ๐. ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ช
Title: ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐๐ช๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข
๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ
Ephesians 1 : 4-8
4 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:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
God is pleased to see His people living happily with all material things a man can want on this earth, but He is pleased more when He sees a holy person. In fact, an unholy rich person, will soon or later face the wrath of the Lord. Many examples of such situations are there in the bible. Of course we ourselves cannot be holy, but He makes us holy through grace. God commands us to be holy as He is holy (๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐:๐๐)
If we get back to the book of Genesis, where everything was just beginning, there was also the beginning of sin. When sin entered into man, God was displeased and disappointed. God was also displeased seeing His beloved people wearing leaves and He made them clothes from animal skin. This means He liked His people to have a good living, but making them clothes didn't please Him enough, that is why He continued to chase them out of the garden of eden. Adam and his family continued to live well, outside the garden, but God was still looking for His righteousness in mankind.
In our today's scripture, we see that God chose us to be holy and blameless before the creation of the world. That is what He wanted His people to be. When we lost the way, He again adopted us as His children through Jesus Christ. The bible says He did that because it pleased Him, for the praise of His glorious grace, for the praise of His name. That is why He forgave us without ourselves paying anything, so that we can be holy again just like in His initial plan. Jesus Christ redeemed us with His blood so that we can be seen as holy, just as if we had not sinned. He paid the debt on our behalf, so that we can be holy again.
Let us maintain the holiness Jesus Christ gave to us through His grace. The only thing that pleases God more is His holiness. For it is impossible to please God without faith. Faith being ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐'๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐. Only a righteous person can do just as what God says.
The focus must not be on material things, but on Him who gives the material things and His holiness. Seek ye the kingdom of God first, and His righteousness, and all other things shall be given to thee (๐๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐:๐๐). Check yourself, what are you focused on? It is very possible to be focused on the wrong thing unaware. Not all the people who were following Jesus were focused on Him, some followed Him because they wanted the bread that He multiplied and gave them (๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐:๐๐). When He told them the true word of salvation, they ran away. What Jesus wanted from them is not only for them to have full stomachs, but He wanted them to repent and be born again, He wanted them to be holy.
๐๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ. ๐๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ/๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ? ๐ ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ก (๐๐๐ง๐ 8:36)
Grace, mercy and the love of God to you all.
From your brother and son in Christ. Please always remember to pray for me as I will be also praying for you. Let's pray for each other.
Be blessed and have a blessed day
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