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Being Accepted by God
When you think of being accepted, what does that mean to you? Does it mean you fit in with the crowd? Does it mean those around you love and care about you? Have you ever thought of what accepted means? Being accepted means that you are to come as you are and be a part of that “something”. So being accepted by God means you come to Him as you are and ask Him to accept you into His family, for Him to adopt you, He cleansed you from your iniquities and He will never leave nor forsake you, you’re His child for all eternity. Did you know that you don’t belong to this world and that we won’t feel as though we belong, we feel as outcasts or as though we’re invisible to the world. The world may not care about us but God does and He will always be there for us and He always hears our prayers. Of course He has His people or children to fellowship with other believers who do care about you, there are people who care about us and we need to do the same for others. 1peter 2:4-5 say v4 “As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen by God and precious to Him. v5 you also like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God though Jesus Christ.” Peter goes on to say in 1peter 2:9-10 v9 “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. v10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God, once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” So lets try not to be so concerned of what other people around us think or when others put us down. Just remember that the Lord thinks we are so special to Him, like the most precious jewel. He thinks you are worthy for Him. Lets look at what 1 john has to say about being God’s children in 1 john 3:1-3 v1” See what great love the Father lavished on us, that we should be children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. v2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has yet been made known, but we know that when Christ appears we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He sees us. v3 All who have this hope in Him purify themselves, just as He is pure.” In john 12:25 He says “Those who love their life will lose it, while those who hate thier life in this world will keep it for eternal life. As you read in 1 peter 2:4-5, Also says in Isaiah 53:1-12. That even Jesus was rejected; the people rejected Him to death on the cross. And Jesus was also despised besides being rejected by others. Of course the cross was His Fathers will to have eternal life with Him. Isaiah says in Isaiah 53:1-12
v1. “Who has believed out message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? v2. He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him. v3. For He was despised and rejected by others, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain, Like one from whom people hide their faces He was despised, and we held him in low esteem. v4. Surely He took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we consider Him punished by God, stricken by Him, and afflicted. v5. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed. v6. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. v7. He was oppress and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before it’s shearers is silent so He did not open His mouth. v8. By oppression and judgment He was then taken away. Yet who of His generation protested? For, He was cut off from the land of the living. v9. For He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death, though He had done no violence, nor any deceit in His mouth. v10. Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer, and though the Lord makes His life an offering for sin, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in His hand. v11. After He has suffered, the Lord will see the light of life and be satisfied by His knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and He will bear my iniquities. v12. Therefore, I will give Him a portion among the great, and the will divide the spoils with the strong.”
Because He poured out His life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.” Jesus went through the most brutel suffering known to man for “you” because He loved “you” so much and He wanted “you” to accept Him into your life, when you do that you will be adopted into the family of God and you will be rich, you will be a prince/princesses and He is the king, we are also the church and His is the bridegroom. See how much Jesus suffered and was rejected? The Lord of the universe and His own people rejected and despised Him. He did this all so that you’d be accepted in Heaven to live with Jesus. I don’t think anyone has ever loved me the way my Jesus, my Heavenly Father loves me, He is our Abba Father, our daddy, and He loves us with agape love-unconditional love. We should take up our crosses daily and follow Him, we are His followers, and wherever He leads I’ll go. Like the song says, “Wherever He leads I’ll go”. v1. “Take up thy cross and follow me”, I heard my Master say, “I gave my life to ransom thee, surrender you’re all today.” Wherever He leads I’ll go, wherever He leads I’ll go, I’ll follow my Christ who loves me so, wherever He leads I’ll go. v2. He drew me closer to His side, I sought His will to know, and in that will I now abide, wherever He leads I’ll go, wherever He leads I’ll go, wherever He leads I’ll go, I’ll follow my Christ who loves me so, wherever He leads I’ll go. v3. It may be thro’ the shadows dim, or o’er the stormy sea, I take my cross and follow Him, wherever He leads I’ll go. Wherever He leads I’ll go, wherever He leads I’ll go, I’ll follow my Christ who loves me so, wherever He leads I’ll go. As I went to the hymnal to look up the page for the words to this song, I opened it right up to the song; my finger was on the song! I guess the Lord wanted me to use this song here in this writing. So you may be sitting there questioning why would someone do this act of grace for you? The answer is very simple; because He loves us so much! There is an invitation hymn that I like called “I have decided, to follow Jesus” v1. “I have decided, to follow Jesus, I have decided to follow Jesus, I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back. v2. The world behind me, the cross before me, the world behind me the cross before me, the world behind me, the cross before me, no turning back, no turning back. v3. Tho none go with me still I will follow, tho none go with me still I will follow, tho none go with me still I will follow, no turning back, no turning back. v4. My cross I’ll carry, til I see Jesus, my cross I’ll carry, til I see Jesus, my cross I’ll carry, til I see Jesus, no turning back, no turning back.” So It is your choice, Have “YOU” decided to follow Jesus? Amen |
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