Accomplishing the Work Assigned by the Father

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

"God loves us so much that He forgives our sins" is a misstatement.  God by His very nature cannot forgive our sins without the redemptive work of the Cross.  Our Father in heaven abhors sin and cannot tolerate even a smidgeon of its stain in His presence.  The proper statement is "God loves us so much that He gave His Son to die on the Cross to atone for our sins so that all could become acceptable to stand before Him".

The misleading statement about God's love for man is the one that Satan uses to dupe many into denying Jesus Christ as their Savior. "All paths lead to heaven because of God's love" is one of the greatest lies of the enemy.  To accept the misstatement about God's love as the truth is to make the sacrifice of Jesus Christ unnecessary and to open the doors to heaven to those who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior. 

Jesus Christ took on our sin on the Cross by divine decree.  His death was the reason that He came to earth.  He completed the work that His Father gave Him to do.  His unimaginable accomplishment was crowned by His own words, "It is finished."  Through His perfect life and His atoning death, He glorified the Father and opened the way for us to become heirs to the kingdom of Almighty God.

Let us cling to the Cross - the supernatural bridge that provides the only way to Our Father in heaven.  Let us pick up our own crosses given to us by the will of the Father so that we may help the world around us find the way, the truth and the life that is Jesus Christ.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for loving us so much that You sent Your Son to die on the Cross to atone for our sins.  We exalt the name of Jesus who accepted His assignment on earth so that He might glorify Your name and open the way to heaven for all men.  We pray, Father, that we may glorify Your name by faithfully completing every good work that You have set aside for us.  In the name of Jesus, we ask for the grace to see and the strength to accept the things that You have called us to do so that others may see the way, the truth and the life that is Your Son, Jesus.  We ask all these things in the name of the Lamb slain for our sin, Jesus Christ.