HE JUDGES TO SAVE AND NOT TO CONDEMN

SOLEMN WHISPER DEVOTIONAL

Thursday, 21st May, 2020

HE JUDGES TO SAVE AND NOT TO CONDEMN

(John 8:10-11; John 3:17)

MEMORY VERSE: "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved" (John 3:17)

The purpose for which Jesus Christ came to this world was clearly stated in the Bible. In the book of Matthew, the Bible gave the story of the birth of Jesus, where the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph, Jesus' biological father. The angel said, "and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save His people from their sins" (Matthew 1:20, 21).

Every man by birth is a sinner, for the fact that we came through Adam and Eve; we all have come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). Therefore, we're entitled to eternal death, for the wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23a). Glory to God who out of His great love gave us Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son to rescue us from this eternal damnation, so that whosoever believes in Him can be saved from eternal death in hell fire, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (John 3:16). As death came to all man through Adam, so life came to all men through Christ. (1 Cor 5:20, 21).

Jesus Christ, therefore, came to this world to save as many as received Him as their personal Lord and Savior, to give them eternal life. In Him is salvation (Acts 4:12). God sent Jesus, His only begotten Son to this world. that we might be saved through Him. Therefore, He that believes in Jesus is not condemned, but he that believes not in Him is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten son of God (John 3:17, 18).

If you are reading this devotional and you have not received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, you can do that now. Until you receive Him as your Lord and Saviour, you remain condemned. I congratulate you because Jesus Christ is ready to save you, if you can believe in your heart that He is the Son of God and that He died and resurrected to give you eternal life. Believe in Him, confess your sins before Him, ask for forgiveness with a repentant heart, forsake all your sins and ask Him to come into your life.

No matter the magnitude of your sins, He is not condemning you, just as He didn't condemn the woman that was accused by the scribes and Pharisees (John 8:10-11). Forsake your sinful life and determine in your heart to follow Him, then you are saved!

PRAYER: Oh Lord, I thank you for saving me from eternal death through Jesus Christ, your only begotten Son. Help me to cling to the salvation till eternity.

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OLORUNTOBI Solomon Orebe