Sorry to get this out so late today. =)
I know I’ve written about this before, but I need to be reminded of it often.
The thief (satan’s only purpose is to steal, kill and destroy our lives and the lives of each other) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: (On the other hand) I (Jesus) am come that they (every one of us) might have life (life is free from the impact of sin, to set us free from sin and death), and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:8
For all (every person who has ever lived) have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:23
He that committeth sin is of the devil, for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God (Jesus) was manifested, that He (Jesus) might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8
Wow, I’m listening to something I hope to share with you real soon. While thinking about what I’m listening to, I had the thought that the wages of sin is death. The devil came to make us sin, to make life miserable, to bring us death – Death in our relationships, death in every area of our lives including physical death. Satan wants to kill our relationships, our hope, faith, love, compassion, trust, security, future, etc.
On the other hand, Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. Jesus came to set us free from the wages of sin, to set us free from death in all of the nooks and crannies of our minds, souls and bodies. Isn’t that wonderful?
And ye shall know the truth (Jesus), and the truth (Jesus) shall make you free (from the wages of sin, from the impact sin can have on our lives).
John 8:32
If the Son (Jesus) therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 8:36
Is it really possible for Jesus to make us “free,” to have a life free from the wages of sin, to be free indeed, to have life more abundantly? Yes, or Jesus wouldn’t have said it. =)
More later.
God bless,
Mark