Wednesday June 12th, 2024
« Blessed is the person whose disobedience is forgiven and whose sin is pardoned »
39 One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!”
40 But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die?
41 We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.”
42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
43 And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with Me in paradise.”
We may not be able to comprehend what true blessedness is until we experience divine forgiveness.
Nothing can be compared with the joy of salvation.
We see this with Zacchaeus when Jesus called him in Luke 19:2-8; it was that joy that caused him to make restitution for his past evil deeds.
When a person is genuinely saved, they will not only joyfully live a godly life, they will also feel compelled to right their past wrongdoings.
It is the lack of genuine salvation that makes an individual to still keep, for example, a strange man or woman in his or her life, even after conversion.
One of the most amazing salvation stories is in today’s Bible reading. With just a few hours before he would have gone to hell, one of the robbers on the cross besides Jesus experience a great turnaround and entered into paradise.
From this, we can see that the salvation prayer does not have to be lengthy; it only has to be simple, straight to the point and sincere.
All you need to do is repent of your sins and promise God not to return to them.
Pleading the blood of Jesus over your life for cleansing is also paramount in this regard.
We see the publican pray in Luke 18:10-14KJV
« …God be merciful to me a sinner”. And Jesus said of him” I tell you; this man went down to his house justified rather the other….»
God’s blessing (divine help) come in multiple forms but the blessing of divine forgiveness should be the first one we should all seek.
In today’s reading, both robbers made separate requests. One asked for deliverance, the other salvation.
Jesus Christ prioritized the request for salvation.
Here we see true blessedness.
Beloved, true blessedness lies in the forgiveness we receive for our sins; it is upon this foundation that all other blessings are built.
This is why if you are yet to repent, I implore you to do so without further delay.
Confess your known and unknown sins to Jesus- the savior of mankind.
He will forgive you as He did Zacchaeus and the robber on the cross, so that God’s blessings will flow into your life, in Jesus’ name.
Prayer focus – Father, please pardon all my known and unknown iniquities and give me power to “Go and sin no more”, in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Edited by Naomie Joseph
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