The opening line of the Holy Bible tells us
that God is the Creator of everything :
“In the beginning God created the heavens and
the earth.” (Genesis 1:1)
God is the Creator, who created heavens and
earth and everything in heavens and on earth.
The Creator created everything with a
purpose. He created everything to be good and glorify him. Therefore, after he
created, he looked at what he created and said “good” every time he created.
God was pleased with what he had created as
the Bible says:
“And God saw
everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31)
Till date, when man (a child) is born, is
good. You were also good when you were a child.
Now,
look at everything, including yourself.
Are everything ‘Good’? Are all people good people?
Are you ‘Good’ person? Are you good enough
that God can call you “Good Person”?
If not, what went wrong?
God created everything good, but not
everything good now. Something went wrong.
Created being failed to be what the Creator
God intended to be like in the beginning. This was because man disobeyed God’s
command. ‘Disobedience to God’s
command is called ‘Sin’ and this ‘wrong condition’
‘failing to fulfill God’s purpose is called ‘ ungodliness’ or ‘worldliness’.
Now, do you fulfill God’s purpose? If not,
you are ‘sinner’. You must die as ‘sinner’ because the consequence of ‘sin’ is ‘death’. (Genesis 2:17; Romans 6:23)
The Bible
confirmed that all ‘not good person’ (sinner) can not live with God and can not
receive the true spiritual blessings of God. ‘Sinner’ will never inherit ‘the
Kingdom of God’ or will never go to heaven. Jesus says, "Truly, truly, I
say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God."(
John 3:3)
Here, we can understand that not all people
will die of sin. Some people can go to heaven or the Kingdom of God. Jesus
affirmed that God made a plan to save us. God promised us to save all who
believe in his promised ‘Offspring’, who will destroy ‘sin’ and all its power .
Thus, God will save all who follow the ‘Promised Offspring’ (Jesus Christ).
Here, I want you understand that Jesus was
from Genesis (as the ‘promised offspring) with the message of ‘salvation
through him’.
God declared to the Serpent (Satan), “I will
put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her
offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” (Genesis
3:15)
Jesus was born, died and was risen from the
death. In His death, all believers died to sin with Him and risen to be ‘good’ in
God’s sight( as God no longer look at them directly but look at them through Jesus.
God no longer sees their sin. God rather sees the ‘good’ work done by Jesus
Christ and counted believers of Jesus among ‘good’ people).
Therefore, believers of and followers of
Jesus Christ become ‘new born’ ( ‘born-again’
or ‘born a new’) in God’s sight. The Bible called believers of and followers of
Jesus Christ ‘New Creation’ :
“ Therefore, if
any one is in Christ, he is a ‘NEW CREATION’; the old has passed away, behold,
the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5;17)
When one
believed in Jesus Christ, he is with Jesus Christ. When one is in Jesus Christ,
he become a ‘new creation’, God look at him as a ‘new creation’ same as was in
the beginning of creation, recorded in Genesis chapter one of the Holy Bible,
when God look at His creation with delight and said “Good”.
You become ‘New Creation’ and ‘Good person’ in
God’s sight when you are in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ lives in you when you received
Him as Lord and Saviour.
Hope you have
received Him already. If not yet, receive Him now.
God bless you.
