Truly the Only Important Message of My Life: Why I Count Myself Blessed

God is very good to me! I see this demonstrated in the way that he has blessed me with a gift that I could not obtain on my own: Salvation.
Why would I need salvation? Well, when you look at God, the Bible shows us a Holy God who demands righteousness. When you look at me, the Bible shows that I am a sinner who eternally falls short of what God demands for me. So, what is the result? Answer: condemnation. This is what I need to be saved from.

A righteous God demands Holiness. This wretched sinner provides nothing but sin. This not the end of the story. God is also full of love for me. He has made it possible for my sins to be atoned for. He doesn't ignore them, but he actually washes them away. What could be so powerful that it could wash my sins away? Blood. The Blood of Jesus.

That is why I am so blessed. Jesus' died on the cross to be the payment for my sins. Christ death allows me that which I could not do for myself. Now I am saved from Hell! That's not all. God has also saved me to good works. I am saved from the eternal damnation of never being able to "be right" in God's eyes. Now I can do good. Now I can have victory. Now I can progressively grow, without the chains of my sin to dictate how I have to be.

I close with Ephesians 2:1-10 (ESV)

2:1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.



I am blessed! God is good! This is the only important message of my life. I hope you hear it and are blessed!