The Devotional
What does Papa “J” Say?
My what a wonderful chapter in the Book of Proverbs, I am unskilled in words to respond and I am naive even to the practical things that wisdom has to say. I feel led to listen and be silent while wisdom deals with excellent things my soul needs to hear. Proverbs 8:5-6
Everything on this planet has a limit. Think about it, a day is limited to twenty-four hours. Time is limited to this universe. The energy of one's being is limited by proper rest, eating food and drinking water. All things known to mankind have some sort of limit. Why is that? The Garden called Eden was filled with the eternal Grace of God. When man sinned against God, God did not curse the Garden, He removed His Grace to mankind and replaced it with a curse. He cursed the ground. He cursed the labor of man's work, He cursed the days of man's life, He cursed the production of man and made it difficult for man to earn a plentiful existence. God also cursed the time that mankind would endure life on planet earth. Genesis 3:17-19. This curse is strong and permanent, but stronger still and limitless is the eternal Grace of God that changes all of this for a person when they see that Jesus Christ is the sacrificial Lamb of God. Being born from above, John 3:3 re-opens the door to the wonderful Grace of God. We were DEAD in sin and the Grace of God has made us ALIVE in Christ. This is the most exciting news that the soul could ever hear. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9. If salvation is by works then salvation is limited, if salvation is by grace (which it is) then it is limitless. Even Everlasting = John 3:16.
The Gospel of John
John 17:1-5 Who of us is sufficient for the these Spiritual truths that Jesus shares with us. Certainly our physical beings are not capable of the hour of Glory that Jesus speaks of in prayer to His Father. The apostle Paul puts it this way in 1 Timothy 4:8 “bodily exercise profits little” So Our Father is interested in restoring grace to our soul.
Notice that Jesus has power given to Him by the Father that is over all flesh. So, how many has God the Father given to Jesus? All flesh, to me this is not limited atonement, but is the unlimited grace atonement of God. Grace is offered to any and all who come to know God the Father through His Son the LORD Jesus Christ. Jesus saves! Whoever will come, let him or her come and drink freely from the River of Life. Revelation 22:17
God the Father fulfilled this prayer of Jesus Christ His Son, even before the earth was created. Now that is an awesome thought! We labor over prayer, we plead and beg, we promise and say please. We do this because our plight is limited by the curse, but Jesus who is eternally in the grace of God the Father knows that His grace is so sufficient that God has already answered our prayer in eternity and not in time. Thus our cup runs over with grace. Psalm 23:5-6
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