Encouraging Words for Afflicted Saints
Dear
believer in Christ Jesus, the Savior has assured His followers of the
reality of trials while we are in this world. Remember, however,
afflictions are not divine judgments; none can be punished for sins
in whose stead Christ has been punished. "There is,
therefore, now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus"
(ROMANS
8:1). It is true you will have tribulations, as the Savior
said (JOHN
16:33), but you will never be condemned because He endured the
curse of the law as your Substitute.
It
is an undeniable truth that, unless the Lord returns, your body is
headed to the grave, but your soul is not headed to hell. There can
be no condemnation because the righteous Judge has pronounced you
justified by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus. Where there is no guilt, there can be no judgment. You will
not die in your sins because Christ has died for your sins. "Rejoice
in the Lord alway, and again I say, rejoice!"
-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd
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