How Well Did Jesus Do?

I'm just beginning to scrape the surface I know. But it's already changing my life.

I feel a constant stream today -- a leading to meditate on the totality of the Finished Work of Jesus on the cross.

I feel as if I'm chewing on His word in my spirit. It's a spiritual sensation that's really happening. No kidding.

I begining to experience what's descibed in the book of Hebrews as 'repentence metanoia -- changing my mind) from dead works and of faith towards God'.

The questions that cause my heart to leap with joy are:
* Can I STAND completely on the merits of the cross AND NOTHING ELSE?
* Is His work on the cross MY ONLY basis of acceptance into the Kingdom of God?
* Can this foundation stand the full weight of my dependence on it?

The answer is a resounding 'Yes!'

Think about it with me. When you ask God for something. . .let's say healing . . .what's the first thing that pops into your mind? For me it's 'how well did I do today?' or 'did I trip up morally?'

I'm beginning to realize now that I should instead be asking 'How well did Jesus do?'

If you were to hold your breath for 10 minutes and if you are a believer, you would be instantly with the Lord. You would be in Heaven. Think about it.

You're clean and pure enough in your spirit to actually go to heaven.

In fact,you're clean and pure enough in your spirit for God the Holy Spirit to actually dwell in you right now.

Why?

It's because you and I have been cleansed by the blood of the Lamb. All of our sins -- past, present and future have been punished in the body of Jesus. More than that -- because Jesus overpaid with His perfect person -- we now have the same standing as Jesus in Heaven.

We do sit with Him in Heavenly places right?

If all that is true, why shouldn't we recieve answers to our prayers? Did we attain heaven because of anything we had done?

Absolutely not. It was because of the perfect work of Jesus on the cross.

When Jesus cried 'It is finished' on the cross, the veil in the temple was rent top to bottom indicating that God's official residence on earth had moved. He was no longer seperated from man because of their sin. He paid for our sin and took it out of the way. Then on the day of pentecost He rushed into man's heart.

He rushed to be with us! Think about that the next time you ask God for something.