Man has no way, but God always has a way...

Been feeding on His words, mostly from Pastor Prince's teaching, Max Lucardo's books & Holy Spirit. Haven't been sharing for awhile as I had been lazy and had that 'I must read more' self effort before I can pen down anything. Awesome thoughts & reading to share...

"A person is made right with God through faith, not through obeying the law." [Romans 3:28] Self-salvation simply does not work and we have no way to save ourself, yet God has a way, it is call 'Grace' the much debated undeserved favour! "Every good gift & perfect (free, large, full) gifts is from above; it comes down from the Father of all...our Abba, Daddy God" [James 1:17] Salvation is God-given, God-driven, God originated & God empowered. This gift is not from man to God...

The Bible says, "In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us & sent His Son to be propitiation (astoning sacrifice) for our sins. [1 John 4:10 Amplified Bible] It leads to the creation of Grace from God. Our approach to God is similar to the bartering system; if I do this, God will do that. We often think, I'm saved by works [what I do], emotions [what I experience], or knowledge [what I know]...Is that the way God is all about?

God's highest dream is not to make us rich, not to make us successful or popular or famous but to make us right with Him. I am not saying that God makes us poor or pathetic to let us know He is Almighty God! In our 'rat race' fast paced society, we often battle daily for higher pay, higher post, higher status in term to have more wealth. We get confuse that wealth can provide us more comfort such as a bigger house, a better car, yet happiness is not measured by what we have, it is measured by our level of satisfaction, our degree of being loved...

God has to keep his integrity that no law is to be compromised for He is holy. Our Father in Heaven loves us so much but He cannot relax the standards of judgement. He cannot encourage us with our mistakes [sins] we naturally will make with our human nature. How can God be merciful and fair at the same time? How can He offer grace without endorsing mistakes? How can God punish the sin & love sinner? Is God going to lower his standard so we can be forgiven? Is God going to look away and pretend we have never sinned? Would You and I want a God who can altered the rules & make exceptions? I don't...

In Romans 2:11 It says, "For there is no partiality with God." We are judged in the same way, no favour or unfairness. If our Sin has no price, we will Sin on won't we? If our sin brings no pain, we will sin on won't we? How then can God compromise His Holiness and enable our evil? Is there any way God could honour the integrity of heaven without turning his back on us? How can God do both that sinners being punished and being loved?

There is a man who commit no sin. He has never broken a law, not one violation, not one trespass, not even a lie, be it white, blue or muliti-coloured! He had took our place, was punished for what WE did wrong. His name is Jesus, our Lord & Saviour! "For Christ also died for sins once for all, the JUST for the UNJUST, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh but made alive in spirit" [1 Peter 3:18] By his death He satisfied the demands of sins.

Jesus suffered not like a sinner but as a sinner. He was punished for OUR SINS on the cross, Son of God, crying "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" Lamb of God, roasted on fire, suffered for our sins. God does not condone our sins nor does He compromise His standard. He does not dismiss our sin he assumes our sin and, incredibly sentences himself. God's holiness is honoured. Our sin is punished and we are REDEEMED! God is still God! The wages of Sin is still death but we are made perfect, "For by one suffering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified." Hebrews 10:14

For this month, I have come across brothers & sisters in Christ suffered from stress leading to physical illness, from stress leading to mental pain such as depression, panic attacks, from stress leads to emotional distress of heart breaks. I just prayed that we will look away from our physical signs that the Devil had created, a deception against the perfect work on the cross. Our Sins are all taken away with every records of wrong, nailed it to the cross Amen?! Christ will suffer in vain if we think we do not deserve the healing...

Living in the 21st century, stress has transformed to the World Number One killer...Yet Jesus has paid for it ALL with His crown of torns. He wore on the cross for your stress; He knows when Satan come & lie making you believe that you are dying when you hyper ventilate with your panic attacks...He has suffered for you & me even before the cross in the Garden of Gethsemane where "His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground" Luke 22:44

How could a loving God feel anything less for you and me? Believe the truth, We are healed by His stripes, by the beating He bores, by His precious blood shed on the cross...

Jesus is our ultimate source of freedom...from our pain...sorrow...bitterness...without Jesus all are lost...God justifies the believer, not because of the worthiness of His belief, but because of Christ's worthiness...Our God is abundant in love & steadfast in mercy. He saves us, not because we trust in a symbol, but because we trust in a Savior...