whole , and go in peace". What happened
then at the second healing? The damages,
the destruction, the pain, the suffering of
the 12 years which the woman faced, were
restored to her. The woman did not have
a family life, social life, did not attend the
church, was an outcast, no children, no
relationship with her husband etc. But
when Jesus spoke, whatever she lost in
those 12 years, was restored to her. Likewise, we will also receive the 2nd healing.
Whatever we have lost, God will restore
two fold to it. For example, if we have
been unemployed for 10 years, then God
will restore to us with interest for all the
10 years. God will restore the lost years,
that is his greatness. Jesus gives us back
more than what we can even think or ask
for.
What did Adam loose when he
sinned? Adam lost the Garden of Eden.
God slew a lamb - "Jesus" even before the
foundations of the earth were laid.
When did Jesus die for the earth
and its people? Even before the earth was
created, Jesus died for us. Because God
knew that man would fall. And so
he planned for a safe way. Even before we
have started our journey, God had finished
it. “God finishes and then he begins.”
God kicked out Adam from Eden after he
sinned. He did not give him Eden again
but gave him heaven something greater
than Eden. Satan cannot enter heaven
which has a floor laid with gold. We shall
be there for eternity.
God took away all our sins and even
the punishment for those sins. He gave us
more than what we are actually eligible
for. The gospel is too good to believe. We,
who are living a life of fear find it very difficult to believe such a good God. But it is
the truth. We are not taught that God is
good. But we are taught that we are ineligible. When we are broke and burdened
with our sins, we acknowledge ourselves as
sinners. Jesus died for our sins and made
us righteous. We ought to confess that we
are righteous. Instead we call ourselves
sinners. Paul said that he was a great sinner but he was the first of the Apostles.
Paul received great wisdom of which he
could have been proud of. But he humbled himself and tells us that we should
also humble ourselves.
We should hold onto our righteousness which God gave us. God tells us
that we have to bind ourselves with the
breast plate of righteousness. As through
the cross of Jesus, we have become righteous. Yet all believers call themselves sinners. Jesus took away our sins and of the
world. If we still call ourselves sinners, it
means that he did not take it away. The
truth is that he has taken away even the
sins of our future generations even before
they are born. We should say that we are
righteous, because we posses whatever we
claim. When we say that we are righteous,
we do righteous works. And if we call ourselves si