7 Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a noble and lovable and generous benefactor someone might even dare to die.
8 But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us.
9 Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ's blood, how much more [certain is it that] we shall be saved by Him from the indignation and wrath of God.
Dear people of God, every Christian born into this world was once a sinner. A day eventually came when in God’s mercy the sinner took the decision to believe, accept and trust in what God has revealed in His Word concerning Repentance and Salvation found only in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Word of God tells us that Christ Jesus died for sinners, ungodly folks who offended Him and continue to offend Him even to this day.
When you then give your life to Jesus Christ by His mercy and grace, His precious blood cleanses you from all unrighteousness, your belief and faith in what He accomplished on the Cross of Calvary justifies you in Him and saves you from the indignation and wrath of God to be meted out to sinners.
When you meditate on these things, you come to appreciate the Lord’s heart of compassion.
It is therefore amazing when some Christians carry on and treat other unsaved folks as if they were never sinners before meeting Christ.
If God treated you the same way you are currently treating unsaved people, where would you be today? In eternal damnation of course.
What are some of the things a sinner is known for? Adultery, fornication, murder, abortion, lies, calumny, fraud, rituals, resentment, unforgiveness, hatred, strife, anger, malice, rape, alcoholism, drunkenness, witchcraft, extortion, homosexuality, lesbianism, idolatry, envy, selfishness, embezzlement, etc.
Does the Lord Jesus Christ accept any such behaviours from sinners? The answer is NO.
Does the Lord Jesus Christ love the sinner? The answer is yes because the Lord Jesus Christ knows that the sinner would enter eternal damnation forever if he or she dies in sin.
What Jesus is interested in is for the sinner to repent and return sincerely to Him, declare and accept Him as Messiah and Lord of His life and live a committed life in righteous obedience to His commandments in the Holy Bible.
The person then becomes a Christian and a child of Almighty God.
What does Jesus expect of Christians? To cooperate with Him and tell unsaved people about repentance, about salvation, about eternity, heaven, hell and all that heaven has commanded in the Bible as contained in Mark 16:15-18.
Jesus expects Christians to demonstrate the same heart of compassion He demonstrated in their lives even while they were sinners.
A Christian is not called to pray against anyone or for God to kill and afflict anyone. A Christian is called to share the Gospel and shows others the only acceptable way of life, which is Christianity, by their personal life’s testimony.
Dear friend, stop allowing people who do not understand God’s Word to mislead you into error because there is nowhere in the New Testament where Christians are mandated to pray for the death of anyone.
Christ Jesus has already given you and the entire Church authority on this earth in Luke 10:19 over ALL the powers of the devil, demons and their agents so they cannot afflict you where you exercise this authority in the Name of the Lord Jesus.
However, this authority should not be used to send unsaved people to hell by praying for their death because in doing that, you are actually doing the devil’s bidding and sinning against God.
Why do you want to send yourself to hell because of someone over whom you already have authority that God has given you as His child?
Why do you disobey God’s command because you believe the unsaved person has hurt you?
Do what God has commanded in Colossians 3:12-13, “Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy and well-beloved [by God Himself, by putting on behaviour marked by] tender-hearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, [and] patience [which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper].
13 Be gentle and forbearing with one another and, if one has a difference (a grievance or complaint) against another, readily pardoning each other; even as the Lord has [freely] forgiven you, so must you also [forgive].
Paul’s letter here is addressed to Christians as inspired by the Holy Spirit.
A Word is enough for the wise.
May the good Lord bless you as you heed His Word today, act on it and share with others in Jesus’ Merciful Name, Amen.
Gabriel Ama.
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