by: Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D
WHEREAS all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
having missed the mark and failed to please God (Romans 3:23), and
WHEREAS by ONE MAN sinned entered into the world, and death by
sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. (Romans 5:12),
and
WHEREAS
the
Scripture hath concluded ALL under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus
Christ might be given to them that believe.
For ye are all children of God by FAITH in Christ Jesus, for as many of
you have been baptized into Christ Jesus have put on Christ (Galatians 3:22,
26, 27)
WHEREFORE Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, Jesus
declared, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:14, 15) and
WHEREFORE God so loved the WORLD that He GAVE His Only Begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting
life and God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the
world through Him might be saved. (John 3:17), and
WHEREFORE
he
that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the NAME of the only begotten Son of
God. The Father loveth the Son, and hath
given all things into His hand.
And this is the
condemnation that is light is come into the world, and men loved rather than
light, because their deeds were evil. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath
of God abideth on him (John 3: 18, 19, 35, 36), and
THEREFORE being
justified by FAITH, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. By Whom also we have access of faith into
this GRACE wherein we stand, and rejoice in HOPE of the glory of God (Romans
5:1, 2), and
WHEREAS, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon
us, that we should be called the Sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us
not, because it knew Him not. Beloved,
now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we all be: be we
know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall se Him as
He is (1 John 3:1, 2), and
WHEREAS sickness,
disease and death came upon all men through the fall of our first parents, we
are made FREE from the curse of the law (Galatians 3:13) through the sacrifice
of Jesus Christ the Second and last Adam, Who was wounded for our
transgressions, bruised for our iniquities and striped for our HEALING, thereby
purchasing our freedom.
WHEREAS Jesus Christ,
the incarnated Son of the Father, satisfied the demands of divine justice and
became the propitiation for our sins, He purchased our Eternal Salvation
through the shedding of His pure and perfect BLOOD and rose again from the dead,
and is even NOW seated upon the throne of the Majesty on High.
THEREFORE we shall live together with our precious Lord and Saviour and all the redeemed of all ages in the Home He has built for us in Glory! And because we are SAVED by the Grace of God, through His finished work on Calvary, we will continue to serve Him and worship Him until the Coming of Christ or the hour of our death. Amen.
