The Perfection of His Work

I was reminded today that as flesh and blood people, many times our 'see you there in 5 minutes' promises are usually nothing more than figures of speech for 'I'll be there in a while' and not necessarily 5 minutes!

Words have lost their weight in today's society -- they aren't accurate. As my pastor has mentioned many times in his sermons over the years: we say we 'love' God, we 'love' our significant other, but then we turn around and also say we 'love' chocolate!

That's certainly not true of God. God doesn't exagerate. He is exact and He keeps account. The Bible says that He even numbers the hairs of our head. I would venture to say that even you are not aware of how many hairs there are on your head! And my friend, that number changes every day.

So when we consider that God the Father sent Jesus to die on the cross for us, we must understand the very powerful ramifications of that act.

The spotless, perfect Son of God became sin in our place. He paid the price for us. What does that mean?

It means He took all the punishment for your sin. Past, present and future. And He paid for your sins according to His estimation and knowledge of your sin. And God knows your shortcomings better than you do.

He is the one whom the Bible describes as the One whom all things are laid bare, the One to whom we must give account. He took the punishment for our sins of commission and our sins of ommission forever.

But there's a catch. He overpaid.

At the end of the old covenant, just before Jesus went to the cross and ratified a new covenant sealed in His blood, He said, 'Up till now have you asked for nothing in my Name. Ask and you shall recieve, that your joy may be full.' What did he mean 'Up till now'? He meant that they were on the verge of a new covenant, a new day! In the dispensation of the new covenant, answered prayer would be answered based on the perfect payment made by Jesus perfect sacrifce.

So when you pray in Jesus name, God the Father answers you based on the perfect work of Jesus on the cross. I felt God challenge me today to find out the full extent of the perfection of Jesus. To the measure I understand the perfectness of the Man, is the measure I will understand how thoroughly God the Father wants to answer our prayer! He isn't 'doing us a favor' by answering our prayers. They've been OVERpaid for!!!!!!

That perfection erdicated the effects of sin! That perfection erradicated the power of sickness! That perfection erradicated poverty!

So as the greatest old testament prophet John the Baptist said, 'BEHOLD (look intently) the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!'

And as we behold the perfection of His work, we feed on Him and we are strengthened!