Sep 8, 2009

Church Work A Must To Earn God's Favor?

Luk 18:35 As Jesus was approaching Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the road begging.
Luk 18:36 When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
Luk 18:37 They told him that Jesus from Nazareth was coming by.
Luk 18:38 Then he shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Luk 18:39 The people at the front of the crowd sternly told him to be quiet, but he started shouting even louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Luk 18:40 Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,
Luk 18:41 "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, I want to see again!"
Luk 18:42 Jesus told him, "Receive your sight! Your faith has made you well."
Luk 18:43 Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

Been blind he can hardly do anything for himself. He can't serve God and do what a normal person can do. But yet, God's grace healed this blind man.

I have been so pressurized previously to do this and that for church, believing that I must do to earn my blessing. This passage and many more shows me that God's blessing is free and unconditional. Such blessing help me to feel loved by God. And only when he first loved me, i can only begin to love God.

1Jn 4:19 We love because he first loved us.

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