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Free will is not a scam.

God already knew all the actions we would choose to take, and He planned His own actions to lead us all to the best possible outcome—probably the highest number of people being saved. That is what predestination is.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love; having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,” (Ephesians‬ ‭1:3-5‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Predestination is not about how some people are made for Heaven and others are made to go to Hell.

God loves all of us. He made each and every one of us like an intricate embroidered work while we were in our mothers’ wombs. He designed us to be beautiful and unique.

“For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.” (Psalms‬ ‭139:13-16‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Unfortunately due to the fall, the flesh is tainted by sin from conception and that is why people are born with deformities and flaws. God made you perfectly, but sin in the blood distorts what He designed.

An illustration to help you understand: you can be a great artist who draws beautiful pieces of digital art, but if your only printer is faulty, the art will still come out blotchy and ugly, with patches of ink splattered everywhere. Adam damaged the printer when he sinned against God.

“The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter‬ ‭3:9‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

It is clear in the New Testament that God’s will is for all to be saved through faith in Jesus Christ, but when you give “free will” to a creature, you must let it choose, even if it chooses the self-destructive path.

Even though He knew that not everyone would accept Jesus as Lord, Jesus still bore everyone’s sins at the cross, and was punished for them, so that the cross is truly an open invitation for salvation to all. No one has been excluded—anyone can receive salvation if they choose to place their faith in Jesus.

God can give unbelievers many opportunities to know the Gospel and experience His goodness, but He cannot force them to make Jesus their Lord and Savior.

For us believers, God leads us by His Spirit every day. He prompts us to do the right thing and teaches us about Himself through His Word. We still have free will, and we can choose whether to follow the Spirit, or to be driven by our flesh.

Following God’s leading will always bring you to the best possible outcome for your life. He has your eternity in mind, to confer you the best eternal rewards, so that your joy will be made full. We have a good Abba God, so obey His promptings and believe that He wants you to receive the very best!

In “Sandcastles Don’t Last Forever”, you will discover the rich eternal rewards that God has planned for you. There is a higher purpose, a calling upon your life, and complementary spiritual gifts to help you fulfill that. Redeem your time wisely for the Lord’s return is much nearer than before: http://bit.ly/sandcastlesdontlastforever

Is Jesus’ Sacrifice at the Cross Really a Finished Work?

“But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present. For I delight in God’s law after the inward man, but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, the sin’s law.” (Romans‬ ‭7:20-25‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

The other day, there was a reader who asked how can Jesus’ death at the cross be counted as a finished work if there is still sin in our flesh.

It is clear in the passage above that sin still remains in our flesh. The apostle Paul said that sin was in his members (in his body of flesh) and it is this sin that causes us to still feel tempted to sin, to fall sick, become sick and die by default.

What Jesus did at the cross was to completely remove the condemnation of sin by taking the full punishment for sins upon Himself.

At this moment, if you are a born-again believer, your spirit is recreated in true holiness. It is righteous, perfect, holy and blameless, just as Jesus is. This is only possible because the shed blood of Christ overpaid your sin debt, reconciling you to God.

What about this body of flesh? If it still has sin in it, how can Jesus’ work at the cross be called finished?

Jesus already paid the price in full. When it is time for the Rapture, we will receive our glorified bodies which are free from sin. The right to receive these bodies was paid for by Jesus’ blood at the cross, so it really is a finished work—He doesn’t need to come and die again.

It is just a matter of timing: we have to wait until the appointed time to receive the glorified body which is promised to us. We have the Holy Spirit in us as the downpayment and guarantee that God will fulfill His promises.

In the meantime, we have to actively inherit God’s promises by faith in order to see reversal of death’s effects in our bodies. It won’t happen by default or if you have a “whatever will be, will be” attitude—that is not faith, that is spiritual slothfulness. It is equivalent to sitting in a gym and saying, “If I am meant to have strong muscles, I will have it,” without doing any exercise. No, exercise your faith and begin actively using it.

Read Paul’s words in the passage above: “Who will deliver me out of the body of this death? I thank God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord!”

We are still waiting for our bodily redemption, but in the meantime, thank God that through faith in Jesus, we can see reversal of the effects of death.

“Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.” (Romans‬ ‭8:23‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

You want to be young, healthy and strong like Jesus? Just confessing “I am young and beautiful in Jesus’ name” will not work. It has to happen through fresh rhema revelations in these areas to receive faith for miracle-working power that transforms your body! Are you ready to receive? ⬇️

歷史上的今天系列
今天是世界人權日，紀念1948年通過的一份闡明世界所有人共有權利的卓越文件—《世界人權宣言》。《世界人權宣言》的開篇第一句就是「人人生而自由，享有平等的尊嚴和權利」 。這份檔所涵蓋的內容可追溯到美國總統佛蘭克林·羅斯福（Franklin Roosevelt）於1941年1月6日發表的演講，他在這個講話中堅定提出，每個人都有四項自由：言論自由、宗教自由、不虞匱乏和免于恐懼的自由。想瞭解羅斯福的「四項自由」的演講，請參考:
https://goo.gl/mQbPbI #TodayinHostory #HumanRightsDay

Every year on December 10 the world celebrates Human Rights Day, marking the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — the world’s pre-eminent statement of the rights that everyone shares. “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” So begins the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That document traces its roots to a January 6, 1941, speech by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, in which he insisted that everyone was entitled to four freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Learn more about the Four Freedoms speech: https://goo.gl/mQbPbI