Now What?

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013     Jeff Lampl

“God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.   Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.  For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus,
so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago”
Ephesians 2:8-10 (NLT)

DONE     (dun)   Past participle of do¹.     Having been carried out or accomplished; finished: a done deed.  

On the Cross Jesus said, “It is finished”, in Greek “tetelestai”, done, paid in full.   It is a commercial term used when a debtor’s debt has been paid off.   The Bible teaches us that Jesus paid off all the debt that we have incurred from wrongs that we have initiated or participated in.  

Finished, Done, irrevocable forgiveness.   Jesus took the penalty that we should have incurred for our sin and set us free.   That’s Grace.   Free, unearned, undeserved.   You are asked to believe this fact of history.  You are asked to trust that it’s true.    

Now what?  

Ephesians 2:10 and a reasonable summary of the rest of the entire Bible tell us that these two words, “now what?” form the most important question you will ever ask.  

Now what?  Vs 10 above tells us that each of us was created intentionally and purposefully by God.   Take that in for a moment.   Actually planned by God!   My life is intended for the doing of good things which were planned eons ago.  Actually believing this has implications.    Do you find this to be BIG?  

My “now what” is answered by Grace.   God, seemingly out of the clear blue, decided not just to rescue me from my sin through his death, but also gave me the gift of being created for a purpose.   He created me to do something that matters.   He gave the unasked for, unmerited, undeserved, unearned gift of being able to live my life for a purpose given to me by GOD himself!

 

 

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