“...because
He Himself is kind and gracious
and good to the ungrateful and
the wicked.” – Luke 6:35
God created Adam for a
purpose and He placed him in the garden of Eden. He created him in His own
image. But one day Adam sinned and hid himself from the presence of God among
the trees of the garden. He was hiding but yet God came in search of him.
In Acts chapter 9 we
read about the encounter Saul had with God. Saul was the one who persecuted
every single person who followed Jesus and he had put them in prison. He was a
threat to the disciples of Jesus Christ. But yet when he was travelling to
Damascus, Jesus Christ revealed Himself to him and changed his life. He
transformed Saul who once was a evil person and did many harm things to those
who followed Jesus Christ.
On those days when it
was unlawful for a Jewish man to associate with a Gentile, God had chosen Peter
to go and preach His gospel to the household of Cornelius. God cared for that
family and he spoke to Cornelius through vision to call Peter and also he spoke
to Peter not to call anything unclean which God has cleansed. God loved the
household of Cornelius though he was a gentile.
In Luke 6:35, Jesus
Christ beautifully records the wonderful character of the Lord Almighty. He
says that God is kind, gracious and good to the ungrateful and the wicked also.
He doesn’t say that God is kind and good to those who fear Him alone. He says
God does good to those who are unthankful and wicked.
Matthew 5:45 says, “...He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and
sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
God does good to those who fear Him.
That’s true. But also He sends rain on the unrighteous and do even good to
those who are ungrateful and wicked.
My dear young friends, God loves
those who are wicked and ungrateful. His love has no partiality. His love is so
great that He is gracious upon them who were unrighteous, ungrateful and
wicked. Even today God wants you to
understand that He loves you truly.
I know a young guy who did so many
wicked things. He lived a life which was not according to God’s will. He
committed so many sins and was living in a deep sinful pit. His life was a
total mess and there were times he wondered whether God still loved him.
God was so gracious to him. He did
so many good things to him even when he was away. God protected his life from
death as he struggled a lot in his life. He spoke to him even when he was away
from him and lifted him from the pit that he was living. God loved him so much and
He transformed his life entirely. Today that young guy is blessed and doing God’s
work for His glory.
Peter denied Jesus but the love that
Jesus Christ had upon him was never changed. Jesus Christ made him as His
Apostle.
Even today Jesus Christ loves you.
His love upon you has never changed. You had left Jesus long back. You love the
worldly things more than Jesus Christ. Sometimes you think that if you come to
Jesus you have to leave so many worldly pleasures that you enjoy now.
Today Jesus Christ says to you that
He loves you so much and He wants you to come back. You are alive today because
Jesus Christ is so gracious upon you. Though you went far away Jesus Christ is
doing good to you. He is waiting for you to come to Him so that He can bless
you richly and use you for His glory.
My dear young friend, Jesus Christ
loves you as you are.
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