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EPHESIANS 3:8




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Aug 12, 2018
Passage: 1 Peter 2:9 & John 8:12

His Marvellous Light

ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light

(1 PETER 2:9)

Beloved, “
ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar [that is, His purchased] people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light!” (1 PETER 2:9). Now, what does this verse teach us about salvation? Beloved, it teaches us that salvation is only found in the Lord Jesus Christ, our marvelous light.

Believing sinner, He is the only Savior, He is the only way, indeed, He accomplished all of our salvation [JOHN 14:6, ISAIAH 40:1-2]. Again and again by God’s grace we both see and believe the Truth that’s taught from God’s only holy book, the Bible, how that salvation is of the Lord (JONAH 2:9).

The Lord declares “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness [and indeed beloved, we no longer walk in it], but shall have [by the free undeserved gift of His grace] the light of life” (JOHN 8:12).

What kind of life is the Lord talking about? He is talking about everlasting life beloved. You see, it can’t be physical life, because we already have that. Rather, our Lord and God, Jesus Christ is talking about spiritual life, He is talking about eternal life.

Our Lord praying as the God/man mediator, confessed to our Heavenly Father “As thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given Him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent” (JOHN 17:2-3).

Who is the only true God? Who is the mighty God? It is Jesus Christ our Lord, the One our Heavenly Father has sent into the world to save sinners! In the words of our Lord’s enemies, “Who can forgive sins?” (LUKE 5:21), only Jesus Christ our mighty God alone! (ISAIAH 9:6).

Dear reader, may our heavenly Father give you grace to believe our Lord and God, Jesus Christ. For He alone can forgive you of all your sins, He alone can clothe you in God’s righteousness, the only righteousness acceptable to our Heavenly Father.

Beloved, all our light, all our life, indeed all our salvation is only found in Christ Jesus the Lord who is our life and light.

My friend, our Lord Jesus declares “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I AM, ye shall die in your sins.” (JOHN 8:24). AMEN!



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