Yesterday morning i was reading My Outmost for the Highest. I'd finish reading this book in 2004, and this year i start to read it again as my personal motivation reading. Beside, in this reading i have a bible verse to read and memorize too. Yesterday the verse and topic is about receiving salvation.
According to the famous writer Oswald Chambers; when we move from darkness to light is not a salvation. I agree on that too. It is only a conversion, which we convert from darkness to light. We are just transforming! The real salvation is when we receive something from the giver of salvation it self, which is Jesus. What is the thing that we should receive to prove that we really receive salvation? It's forgiveness!!
That is a greater gift and grace from God, is a forgiveness! God come to this earth to forgive us wrong our sins, wrongdoings, and trespasses; from our wicked way to the way of Life!! He forgive us cause He want us to not only transform but to really have that salvation. I believe if we just transform, it is just a matter for changing our morale value, attitude, and the way we behave before to the way that pleasing other or the way that not become offender to others!! Everyone can have that changes and transformation. Which mean everyone can change from become thief and to become no longer thief but a giver.
But for Jesus, transform is not enough. To have that salvation and receive forgiveness is what we should own. When we transform, but we not receiving forgiveness from God mean we still not saved yet. Jesus said, I am the way the truth and life. And He also said, whoever receive this Son, will receive life. When we receive Son; which is Jesus Himself we will receive life and we are forgiven. When we receive that forgiveness, mean we have the salvation in us.
When i drive this morning while i pray, i was reminded too regarding this forgiveness. Holy spirit remind me again regarding how Jesus forgive the prostitute. He said, he who not sin first throw the stone to this lady. No one is throwing! He also said to the man who is lying on his bed and cannot walk for several years, "get up and pack your bed. Your sins has been forgiven" Jesus first action to them is to go to them and show His love by forgiving them!!
Wow...what a wonderful God we have. He himself is coming to us and offer His forgiveness. Question is, are we receiving that freely forgiveness or not? Are we accepting His grace or we just let it go? Or if we already receive that forgiveness, are we follow how Jesus act, to go to the person and say "I forgive you"? or are we just wait and till God struck our heart and probably strike us to go to their person and forgive them?
I would rather go and say "i forgive you" rather thatn i wait till God struck my heart for not forgiving or who knows who knows what will happen tomorrow if we are too late, isn't it?
The true salvation, if we read in Act is when we receive the forgiveness, we also open their eyes by teaching them to forgive or to forgive those our debtors. The world will become peace if everyone learn to say SORRY and war will no more if everyone is receiving that forgiveness too.
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