~ 6-Fold Joy of Salvation ~
According
to the Word of God there are at least six different parties who rejoice at the
salvation of a soul.
Jesus Christ ~ “‘Rejoice with me,
for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ I say to you that likewise there
will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine
just persons who need no repentance” (Luke 15:6-7).
God The Father ~ “The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He
will take great delight in you, He will quiet
you with His love, He will rejoice over you
with singing” (Zephaniah 3:17, NIV).
The Angels ~ “Likewise, I say to
you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who
repents” (Luke 15:10).
Friends and Neighbors ~ “And when he comes
home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice
with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ … And when she has found
it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for
I have found the piece which I lost!’” (Luke 15:6-7, 9)
The Church ~ “So,
being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and
Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy
to all the brethren” (Acts 15:3).
The New Believer ~ “‘And bring the fatted calf here and kill
it, and let us eat and be merry; for
this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they
began to be merry” (Luke 15:23-24).
Have
you known the joy of conversion?
Do
you have joy following conversion? The
secret is in a simple acrostic: Jesus first, Others next, and Yourself
last.
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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