Imagine that there is a certain board exam you need to
pass in order to enter a certain university. You have been
trying so hard to pass this exam but every time you take it,
you fail. So, you put in much more efforts and after so many
years, you are still not able to pass that exam. It is school
policy that every person must take the exam and pass before
getting admission. Now, it so happens that the vice president
of the school happens to know all the answers to the exam
and it is only through him that students end up getting
admitted into that school. He feels so sorry for you and wants
to help you out. One day, he says to you "don't worry young
man/woman, I will take this exam for you". So he goes ahead
and writes the exam for you and passes. Now, tell me. How
exactly will you feel? Won't you feel relieved and happy?
Ladies and gentlemen, we were struggling to write the board
exam to go to heaven but King Jesus wrote the exam for us.
You must be holy in order to go to heaven. So, instead of
trying to be holy by our own strength(i.e holiness by the law),
Jesus has already made us holy in Him(i.e holiness in Christ).
And how did Jesus make us holy? By dying on the cross
which took away the sins of the world(see Jn 1:29). So all we
need to do no is to accept it and then we shall freely enter
heaven with boldness; for the scripture says "having
therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the
blood of Jesus"(Heb 10:19). So you see, because of His
blood shed, Jesus has already made us holy enough to enter
boldly and freely into His father's house. What more do we
want?
Now, going back to the above example. If the school's vice
president suggested to you that he would like to write the
entire exam for you so that you will pass, you can either say
'yes' or 'no' right? You have a free will but any person in his
right mind would obviously say 'yes'; knowing how hard it is to
pass that exam. And the fact is that if you say 'no', you would
keep struggling and may never end up entering that school.
So why not just say 'yes' and let him help you out once and
for all? In the same way, Jesus wants to help us to enter this
great marvelous place called heaven. Why can't we just
accept it once and for all? Why do we keep trying to make
ourselves holy in order to enter heaven meanwhile Jesus has
already made us holy in Him? The scripture says "and by that
will, we have been made holy by the offering of the body of
Jesus once for all"(Heb 10:10). As you can see, the bible has
made it crystal clear that we have already been made holy
through Christ's sacrifice. Let me say this again and please
listen very carefully: Jesus has already made us holy. Once
again, my dear friends in the Lord, Jesus(Grace) has already
made it very easy for us to enter heaven and all we need to
do is to sincerely say "Yes Jesus, I accept". Amen?
made it very easy for us to enter heaven and all we need to
do is to sincerely say "Yes Jesus, I accept". Amen?
