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Gospel of Grace: Spiritual Health Comes First

If you only make one change for your health, let it be this- know the Gospel of Grace. If your spiritual and eternal health isn’t in order, then don’t even think about your physical health. The importance of that pales in comparison. This life is temporary. Sure, eating healthy and exercising can give you a better quality of life, but what’s the point if you’re headed for an eternity in Hell? I know that sounds rough, but the truth is loving no matter how hard it is.

Gospel of Grace: Assurance of a Healthy Eternity

We went to a memorial service recently. That and the fact that we’ve unexpectedly lost two different young family friends this past year has me thinking about what really matters. I praise the Lord for the fact that I know they put their trust in the Gospel of Grace and will spend eternity with the Lord instead of being separated from Him (in Hell). I also thank the Lord for the fact that I have this same assurance. If I die today or in seventy years I know exactly where I’m going.

Gospel of Grace: Have You Trusted in it?

As we consider your spiritual health I have a question for you to think about-

Do you know where you’ll spend your eternity?

Think about your answer and we’ll circle back to the question. I want you to be absolutely 100% sure on this matter. I desire for your spiritual health to be thriving.

Gospel of Grace: The Bad News

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23

According to Romans, a book of the Bible, we’re all born spiritually sick. We all have a sin sickness. This can look like selfishness, anger, lust, pride, lying…the list goes on and on. It’s like we’re born with a cancer we can do nothing about that’s slowly killing us.

God is equally just as He is loving. This means that He can not just “let it slide” when we sin. If a human judge let the guilty go free in our day, we would call him corrupt. But God is not corrupt, He is a perfect judge. Because of this, He can not let anything imperfect into His presence (heaven). The standard for perfection isn’t measured against the girl next door, it is measured against Him alone. And we do not measure up.

The bottom line is that our sin sickness is sending every one of us straight to Hell, no exception. We all have it. Nobody (except for Jesus) is born free of this sin sickness.

It’s terrible news, isn’t it?

But the story doesn’t end there. There’s good news. There is a cure.

Gospel of Grace: The Cure

God is equally loving as He is just. He saw this bad news and provided a solution to the problem.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

God’s son is Jesus. Though He never sinned, He was condemned as a criminal and died on a cross. He did not die because He deserved it. He, in His matchless grace, traded Himself (the innocent) for us (the guilty). He took the punishment upon Himself for us so that we would not have to. God placed all sin upon Jesus, He paid for it all. No word, work, or ritual that we could do could pay this astronomical price. To God, only Jesus’ blood is a satisfactory payment.

And He didn’t stay dead.

He rose from the grave victorious, defeating forever the power of sin and death.

Let’s circle back to John 3:16. It says “whoever believes in Him has eternal life”. Think about the cancer idea again. Let’s say it’s terminal. But you find out a doctor has developed a procedure to cure it. Are you immediately healed because the cure exists? No, you would have to trust that his cure would work and have the procedure done. That’s the only way the cure could personally do you any good.

Similarly, you have to choose for yourself to trust in Jesus’ payment for you on the cross. That is the only way His cure would personally do you any good. As a result of your trust in Him He freely gives you eternal life with God (Heaven) instead of the punishment you rightly deserved (Hell).

Once you trust that, your sin sickness no longer determines your destination. Instead, Jesus’ perfection determines your destination. Because Jesus’ payment satisfied God nothing you can do (good or bad) can change His mind.

“He (God) forgave us all our sins,having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.” Colossians 2:13-14

Gospel of Grace: Where Do You Stand?

Let’s circle back to your answer to my question. If you’ve trusted in Jesus, your eternity with God in Heaven is sure, if you haven’t trusted, the opposite is true. My prayer is that if you haven’t already, you will choose today to trust in Him.

“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.” John 3:17-18

Gospel of Grace: Further Resources

If you have more questions about spiritual health, leave a comment or send me an email (eliza.noel.writes@gmail.com). I’d love to talk with you! Here are some other good resources as well.