ENJOY LIFE

Did you know that Jesus told us that He came so that we may enjoy our lives and enjoy all the things He gives us?  Enjoyment—-what a word to ponder.  I would venture to say that many of you reading this today are not enjoying life to the fullest.  Why not?  Are you born again?  Yes, then what is the problem?  You say:  Things are not going so well.  Bills are unpaid.  Health is not so good.  Children are straying.  Marriages are full of strife.  At some point or another, we all have said these things.  “I am tired of believing.  I am tired of waiting for my answer.  I don’t see my results.”

I have one question to ask all of us today.  Do you believe the Word of God is true?  Do you believe God cannot lie?  Well, listen to this.  These words are in red.  Believe the red.  Jesus said them.  This is what He said.

John 10:10, Amplified Bible

…I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).

Then we read in 1 Timothy 6:17 that we are to trust “…in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.”  In the Amplified Bible it reads this way:  “…set their hopes on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment.”

Here is what we are to focus on and say every day when we get up.

“I am enjoying life.

I trust in the living God.  I set my hopes on Him.  I don’t put my trust in man and his way of thinking.

I have and enjoy life because Jesus came and gave it to me.

I receive life in abundance.  That means that I receive health in abundance;  I receive prosperity in abundance; I receive a marriage made in heaven; I receive children taught of the Lord and obedient to His will; I receive the good life of God in every area of my life.

I have the joy of life to the full and overflowing.

I have so much life that it overflows into others’ lives.

I am a person who fully and completely enjoys life.

God, my Father, through Jesus His Son and my Brother, richly and without ceasing provides me with everything for my enjoyment.

I have everything in abundance and overflowing.

The abundant flow never ceases.  It is mine all the time.

I enjoy life because it is the Life of God in me that causes me to enjoy my living here on this earth.

I am living in the Life of God all the time.  He gives me great joy and I enjoy every minute of my day every day.

I know that my God takes care of me.

I seek Him first and His way of doing things and I shall be filled to the full with His life always.

REDEEMED FOREVER!

Today we wrap up our teaching on redemption with a vivid picture of what actually happened from the garden to the cross to the tomb to the resurrection.  Let’s remind ourselves once again of what redemption really is.  It is the freeing of someone who is held hostage, in bondage, as a slave to a slave master.  The slave master is a kidnapper who demands a price be paid for the freedom of the one he is holding.  The ransom is the price paid to free the person.

All of mankind was held hostage by satan.  We were slaves on his slave block.  He had gotten us and used us for his purposes, tempting and tormenting us with ungodly thoughts, motives, and actions.

Then Jesus came to this earth in a flesh and blood body, so that He could have a legal right to be here.  He walked among men and experienced things that we experience and gave us an example of being an overcomer in this world.  At the appointed time, Jesus gave Himself to the enemy.  He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane and sweat great drops of blood as He surrendered His will to the Father to take our place as our substitute.  He would become sin and pay the full price for sin and its consequences, with all of its horrors known to man.

Jesus not only took our place but also He paid in full with His blood the ticket to free us.  We were freed not with the corruptible things such as silver and gold but with the precious blood of Jesus.  He paid the price to take us out of the slavery of sin and its consequences.  He bought us and then said:  You are no longer slaves.  You are no longer in bondage.  Go and be free.  Enjoy life once again.

Jesus carried our sin, and all that it involves, into hell, and satan and all of his demons thought they had finally gotten him.  He was theirs for the taking, they thought.  He was in hell.  They tortured Him unmercifully.  BUT, on the third day, the voice of God the Father boomed down through the portals of hell:  ENOUGH!  THE FULL PRICE IS PAID!  ARISE!  The Holy Spirit entered Jesus’ body; He stopped by paradise to pick up the saints held in Abraham’s bosom and up they all came.  It sort of “freaked out” the people of Jerusalem when they saw their dead kinfolk walking the streets on their way to heaven.

Jesus took His blood to the Mercy Seat in heaven and placed it there forever.  That blood speaks day and night to and for each of us:  LIFE!

The price has been paid.  The blood of Jesus has taken care of our sin forever.

Now that is TRUE LOVE!

And that is what we call REDEMPTION!

I am the redeemed of the Lord and I say so.  I AM REDEEMED FOREVER!