Grace did for us what we couldn't do.

       

        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?