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The Promises of God Pt 4

Jer 6:30

Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. (KJV)

We are continuing to look at areas of false belief about God that prevent us from fully trusting Him. False belief No 1 was anger. Let’s continue today with:

False Belief No 2Rejection

Under the O.C. if God’s people rebelled, sinned or made mistakes, there would come a point where God would reject His people, refuse to answer their prayers (go silent) or withdraw His presence from them. Ex: King Saul . On numerous occasions he failed to obey God’s directives. There came a point where God told him He would lift his anointing for Kingship off him and put it upon someone who would obey him, namely David (1 Sam 16:13,14).

Unfortunately many teachers and preachers still apply this O.C. principle to the Gospel of the N.C. They teach that there are times God will withdraw from us to teach us a lesson, that if we have unconfessed sin He won’t listen to our prayers, that we must sometimes go through a wilderness experience of dryness to make us call out to God until He restores the sense of His presence to our lives because it develops our intimacy with Him.

Question: In all honesty, does that sound like the Gospel of good news.

I would say it’s the Gospel of bad news. It’s the Gospel of law, not the Gospel of grace! This Gospel of law, destroys people’s lives. It burdens them down with judgement, condemnation and guilt. They feel rejected by God, kept at arms length and given the silent treatment.

This kind of behaviour is the way a dysfunctional Father would treat His children, and most of us have had a dose of such mistreatment!

NO – The Gospel of grace teaches the total, and I mean, total acceptance of God, irrespective of our behaviour. The Gospel of grace isn’t what we have to do for God, it’s what God has done for us.

Let’s look at some verses that teach this:

Heb 13:5 For He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]  AMP


John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever —  AMP

Eph 1:6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.  NKJV

Rom 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?  “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NIV)

I implore you to meditate on the above Scriptures. Soak yourself in them and ask God to give you a revelation of His total acceptance.

When we came to Christ, God made us righteous (2 Cor 5:21) He forgave all our sin, past, present and future (1 Jn 2:2). It’s like standing beneath a fountain of His blood which is forever flowing. Whenever we sin, immediately, the blood cleanses, (not covers) cleanses it away, leaving us righteous, perfect and acceptable in His sight.

This is the Gospel of grace that sets us free. To listen to some people, we must be a good boy or girl and completely obedient to God’s Word in order to qualify for His grace.

No, a thousand times NO. God gives His grace to naughty boys and girls, He gives it to those who have sinned, failed and fallen short. That’s why God says to us in Heb 4:16 Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].  (AMP)

When we fail, we must run to God, not run away from God. This is the beauty and profundity (great depth) of God’s grace. This is what sets us free and keeps us free, that we may enjoy a life of righteousness, peace and joy.

Meditation Point: Lord Jesus – open the eyes of my spirit to see the truth of your word. That grace meets every need of man, covers all unforeseen failures and makes us forever acceptable before the Father. Oh! what a wonderful Saviour you are!

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