Sent to Redeem and Purify …the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. - Titus 2:13-14 The passage above captures another twin mission of our Lord Jesus Christ to humankind; He came both to redeem and purify, to qualify and equip us for the assignments God has prepared for us. In the sense of redeeming us from “lawless deeds”, Jesus came to free us from the tangles of sin, guilt and everything that corrupts, holds back, disqualifies, slows down and discourages noble initiatives and productivity. His giving of Himself as a ransom for us is all we will ever need to be free of the shackles that limit and destroy. He has set us free by laying down His life and riches in exchange for our own lives and wretchedness. On the other hand, having thus redeemed us to perform, He also purified - more like equipped - us for good works. In other words, He didn’t just set us free to loaf and idle away; He also redeemed us to be productive and useful to ourselves, Himself and other people. He set us free to do good works in life, in our society, in our careers, in our ministries and in every area of concern to us. He removed every entangling that could stifle or hold us back, thus sprucing us up for unencumbered bearing and optimal performance. In simple term, He came to make life easy for us to live; goals easy for us to achieve and plans easy for us to execute. He came to do that much for us.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 06:38:32 +0000
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