Morning Champion.
Don’t be a Victim of Benefit Fraud!
Don’t let the con man of your salvation (Satan) rip you off from receiving the benefits that are rightly yours in Christ. How does he do that? Through the daily use of an ever- effective and favourite tool he has called ignorance. Don’t fall for it rather discover and know what God has qualified you to be entitled to. Ignorance is not bliss but it is a thief to the life of people who are entitled to so much.
Psalm 103: 1-4 (NKJV)
Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,
1. Forgives all your sins
2. Heals all your diseases
Benefit Three – Redeems your life from destruction!
To redeem is to “buy back”. A good example of this would be someone returning to a pawn shop to pay for and be reunited with an item that they had left while borrowing cash in a time of need.
When you redeem something you bring it back to yourself by legal means something that once belonged to you that you may have lost or had stolen.
Remember in the beginning (Genesis) we were made by God to belong to God and were destined to be friends of God and not slaves. The story of Genesis then reveals that we were stolen from God through the foolishness of Adam. Humanity was sold out to another owner. We legally, because of Adam’s sin and disobedience, became the property of the father of sin, Satan. The good news of the Gospel is that we have been purchased back! The price for the redemption of humanity was set and it was “the blood and life of God’s only beloved Son”. What an expensive costly price! God loved us so much that He paid the price for our redemption (re-purchase) and bought us back to Himself, redeeming our lives from destruction.
Redemption is a benefit you do not want to forget about and that is why the Bible instructs us, “let the redeemed of the Lord say so”.
Psalm 107: 2 (NKJV)
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
Wow, what a great benefit. He made you and bought you back to Himself. Think about that. That makes you “twice His” so don’t be defrauded by any lesser gospel.
Have a great day.
Andy
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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