Monday, 21 October 2013

Free medical service

I participated in a free treatment programme recently. It was sponsored by a charity group which seeks to eliminate an illness some children are born with. Have you ever benefitted from one? Do you know someone who has? So many people sign up for it, each wanting to be whole; and it struck me again this programme is like the salvation Jesus Christ provided by charity to us. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in union with the Messiah Jesus our Lord Rom 6:23(ISV) 
Firstly: These children are born with a deformity through no fault of theirs. Some of it is obvious to the naked eye, some require looking deeper to see, and some may not realize it is there until the child grows up and starts talking. But it has been there from birth. Do you realize from birth you and I were born in sin? Indeed, I was born guilty. I was a sinner when my mother conceived me Ps 51:5(GW). You may quickly notice some people’s sinfulness, for some others who appear to be free, after a while the sinful nature shows up! It affects everyone in this world since all have sinned and continue to fall short of God's glory. Rom 3:23(ISV). Do you realize you are a sinner before God, needing help like those coming for free treatment? It was no fault of ours but it is real nonetheless, and it leads to eternal hellfire without a savior. Sin came into the world through one person, and death came through sin. So death spread to everyone, because everyone sinned Rom 5:12(GW).
Secondly: Many at the treatment programme rejoice it has been paid for already, and nothing is demanded of them such as money: simply to present themselves and consent. The payment was not made because of any good the children or parents have done, it is simply out of a desire to eliminate the illness and make people whole again. Similarly it was not by any good works on our part our sins were atoned for. He saved us because of his mercy, and not because of any good things that we have done. God washed us by the power of the Holy Spirit. He gave us new birth and a fresh beginning. God sent Jesus Christ our Savior to give us his Spirit. Jesus treated us much better than we deserve. He made us acceptable to God and gave us the hope of eternal life Tit 3:5-7(CEV).
Thirdly: The charity pays with money, but Jesus Christ paid for our sins with His lifeblood. You cannot be made right with God by any payment on your part, or as a result of good things you do. For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God and not the result of actions, to put a stop to all boasting Eph 2:8-9(ISV).

 Have you got your own free treatment from Jesus to get eternal life?

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