REVIVAL IN THE USSR
I
BLESS & CURSE NOT
By
Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
JESUS
CHRIST stated: “The
Thief (Satan) cometh not, but for to Steal, and to Kill and to
Destroy: I am come that they may have LIFE and that they might have
it more abundantly. I am the Good Shepherd; the good shepherd giveth
His life for the sheep.”
(John 10: 10, 11)
The
God whom I serve is a good God and a loving, benevolent, caring,
merciful and life giving Creator and Heavenly Father! His
heart yearns to bless us all. He has no pleasure in the death of
anyone, therefore He has NO pleasure in the sickness, weakness, pain,
poverty or sinfulness of any human being. He sees the sparrow fall to
the ground and has compassion on the lowliest of His creation!
His
compassion upon Adam and Eve who had transgressed greatly against His
holy and almighty Person is magnanimous. Why didn't He just wipe them
out and begin all over again? Why didn't He cage the slimy,
despicable Liar called the Devil? Why did He allow the wily old Satan
to keep on scheming, perverting and destroying everything he touched?
The
Almighty, Eternal God and Creator of all things is also True and
Perfect in Righteousness, Fairness and Justice! He forgave Adam and
Eve immediately by putting into force His plan of Salvation by
initiating the Sacrificial System. The innocent animal which Adam had
given a name to and had undoubtedly learned to love in his care of
the Garden, would be slain as a substitute to atone for their sins!
JESUS
CHRIST: GOD IN HUMAN FLESH!
God
Himself performed the procedure to save Adam and Eve, using the
skins of the innocent animal to cover their naked bodies while its
blood was shed as an atonement for their souls! In His great love, He
drove them from the Garden so that they would not eat of the fruit of
the Tree of Life and live forever in their sinful state!
He
instructed them to regularly offer sacrifices of an innocent animal,
so He could keep them in His fold until He would send the Deliverer -
His Only begotten Son - to meet the Demands of Divine Justice and
satisfy a Thrice Holy God!
His
Eternal Son, Who is in the Bosom of the Father, would be incarnated
(God
in human flesh)
to pay the Penalty for Adam and Eve's sin and that of the entire
human race -past, present and future - through the sacrifice of
himself, thus purchasing our eternal Salvation!
Jesus
of Nazareth -True God from eternity and True Man by His virgin birth
– came to earth as God's Paschal Lamb. He is the Propitiation for
our sins, which means the covering, mercy seat, expiation and
satisfaction. God was satisfied with the sacrificial death of His own
SON for the sins of Adam, Eve and all of us!
The
Bible states: “My little children, these things write I unto you,
that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous: And He is the PROPITIATION
for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world.” (1 John 2: 1-2);
“Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His
Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” (1 John 4: 10).
Oh,
the love, mercy and grace of the Eternal God in giving of Himself,
when He gave His only begotten Son to bear away our sins and carry
our sicknesses and diseases to the Cross thereby purchasing our
Eternal salvation by the sacrifice of Himself.
Is
it any wonder, that we love Him, believe Him and trust Him? No-one
else can even come close to be compared to Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
our Lord and Saviour, Master and God!
JESUS
– His name means the Salvation of God. Yeshua means forgiveness,
peace, joy, healing, health, deliverance and eternal life! His name
is the Salvation of God! His name means whatever Salvation entails!
He
is the greatest, truest, purest, most holy. He is ETERNAL
LIFE
and there is NO fear, sin, sickness, disease or lack in the Kingdom
of God! He is the Way, the Truth and the Life! There is NO other Way
to God. He is the Truth and the ONLY Truth. He is the Life and the
Giver of Life because He is LIFE!
SATAN
IS A LIAR, THIEF & MURDERER!
SATAN
came to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus Christ came that we might
have life and have it more abundantly! (John 10: 10). Jesus came to
bless, not to curse! To forgive and not to judge and to deliver those
who are bound!
The
Bible says: “For God sent not His Son to condemn the world; but
that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3: 17); “And if
any man hear My voice, and believe not, I judge him not, for I am not
come to judge the world , but to save the world.” (John 12: 47)
“How
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power
Who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the
devil; for God was with Him.” (Acts 10: 38)
“...For
this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy
the works of the Devil.” (1 John 3: 8).
“For
as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He
also partook of the same; that through Death He might Destroy him
that had the power of death, that is the Devil and Deliver them who
through fear of death were all their life time subject to bondage.”
(Heb. 2: 14)
WE
ARE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST!
We
are Ambassadors for Christ. We are representatives of the Kingdom of
God. We are Ministers of the New Covenant. Our duty is to do His will
and to do what He did. He is our Example and Role Model. He came to
earth to give life and that more abundantly. We must follow in His
footsteps!
St.
Paul stated: “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to
Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the Ministry of
Reconciliation. That is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world
unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, and hath
committed unto us the Word of Reconciliation.
“Now
then we are Ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by
us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He
hath made Him to be sin (sin
offering),
that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Cor. 5:
18-21) Amen.
