GOD-TRACKING IS RESTING IN THE WORK OF CHRIST

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“On Friday Jesus laboured to pay the price for your sin. As Saturday dawned, he himself became your Sabbath rest.”

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.

Jesus had been arrested in the early hours of Friday morning. He was hastily tried and convicted on false charges of blasphemy. Taken away he was crucified before the advent of the day of rest. Being a public figure, his crucifixion was particularly savage. This holy man, who had never committed any sin, let alone a vicious crime, was executed in the most violent way. He was flogged to within inches of death, his back ripped apart by the bits of bone and metal tied to whips of leather. The soldiers and spectators alike beat him with fists and clubs as he carried his cross to the Place of the Skull. They spat on him and insulted him. Finally, he was laid out on the hard wood of the cross as spikes were driven through his hands and feet into the wood beneath. Lifting the cross high they maliciously dropped it into a hole, ripping ligaments and tearing flesh in the process. There the Son of God, righteous and pure, hung until he died. The work of the cross and the labour of baring the consequence of sin was completed with the cry, “It is finished!”

A few hours later, the soldiers broke the legs of the other two convicts crucified with Jesus so that they would die before sunset. But Jesus was already dead. In the final minutes before the Sabbath began, the body of Jesus was removed, dressed and laid in a tomb. A strange calm descended over the landscape. It was as if the great toil of time had been completed. The work was finished. Jesus was dead and his body rested in the tomb. The Sabbath had come.

Dear friend, when Jesus died for you and for me, he laboured in love to carry the weight of sin. The good work of the cross was an enormous exertion. When he died, Christ completed not only the work of the Law of God but also fulfilled the consequence of disobedience. On Friday Jesus laboured to pay the price for your sin. As Saturday dawned, he himself became your Sabbath rest.

If you are weary and burdened, come to Jesus and he will give you rest. Jesus has already paid for your sin; he has already fulfilled the legal requirements of the Law of God and borne the punishment of disobedience. Accept the work of the cross as done on your behalf and then, by faith, rest in his grace and forgiveness.

God-tracking is resting in the work of Christ

READ ALL ABOUT IT
John 19:16-37
Hebrews 4:1-10

Matthew 11:28-30

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

Only Jesus could be good enough for you and only by Jesus’ good work on the cross can I know forgiveness from all sin and rest for my soul

“Dear God, thank you for Jesus. Thank you for the work of the cross and that Jesus died in my place to pay the price for my sin. Lord, I admit that I have been trying to earn your favour by my good works, but this is futile. My works will never be good enough to earn your favour.  Only Jesus could be good enough for you and only by Jesus’ good work on the cross can I know forgiveness from all sin and rest for my soul. Thank you, dear Lord. I come to rest in you today. I’m weary of strife, Lord. I receive your grace and forgiveness as I ask you to be my Lord. Thank you for my rest. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS NOT BY GOOD WORKS, BUT BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH

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The e-devotional helping to keep you on-track with God’s plans for your life
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“All your good works will never be good enough to qualify you for heaven. Therefore, Jesus died in your place… Only his good works are good enough for a good God.”

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God

A man arrives at the pearly gates. Peter says, "Here's how it works. You need 100 points to make it into heaven. You tell me all the good things you've done, and I’ll give you a certain number of points for each item, depending on how good it was. When you reach 100 points, you’re in."

"Okay," says the man optimistically, eyeing the rack of designer halos on the other side of the gate. "First off, I attended church every single Sunday."

"That's good,” says St. Peter, "that's worth two points."

"Two points?" says the man. "Well… er… I… I always gave 10% of all my earnings to the church. Does that count?"

"Hmm, let's see," answers Peter. "That's worth another 2 points. Anything else?"

"Two points!? Well, how about this: I started a soup kitchen in my city and worked in a shelter for the homeless."

"Fantastic,” said the gatekeeper, “that's certainly worth another point,".

The man ponders for a moment and then adds, "And I was married to the same woman for 50 years and never cheated on her, not even in my heart." Peter replied, "That's wonderful. Well done. Let’s see now, that’s worth another… three points!"

"Only three points!!" the man cries out. "At this rate the only way I’ll ever get into heaven is by the grace of God!"

"Ah, at last!” replied the heavenly gatekeeper. “Come on in, friend!"

You may smile, but it’s funny how we often think we can earn brownie points with God through good works. We do all the right things, give to disaster funds, help our neighbours and even attend a few church meetings or Bible studies. So, we think we’ll be okay on D-Day, when the final trumpet sounds and we face our God. After all, we were born into a good Christian home, believed in God and called Jesus Lord.

“Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven,” said Jesus. “Why do you call me, `Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?” You see, dear God-tracker, it’s not how many credits we earn by good works and sweet talk that makes us right with God, it’s by doing what Jesus commanded. For instance, Jesus said things like: “Come to me and I will give you rest,” and “No one comes to the Father except through me,” and “Unless you are born again you cannot see the kingdom of God.”

All your good works will never be good enough to qualify you for heaven. Therefore, Jesus died in your place. Jesus is the only sinless and good person who has ever walked this planet – he is God in the flesh. Only his good works are good enough for a good God. When he died he took your punishment for sin, for the wages of sin is death. But Christ did not stay dead, he rose again. And that’s how I know Jesus was sinless, because death could not keep him down. And that’s the demonstration of God’s grace.

Only by repenting of sin, by believing in Jesus and calling him Lord can you ever be good enough to make it to heaven. Only in Christ, are you and I made righteous. The only way you’ll ever get into heaven is by the grace of God.

God-tracking is not by works, but by grace through faith.

READ ALL ABOUT IT

Matthew 7:21

Luke 6:46-49

Matthew 11:28-30

John 14:6

John 3:1-8

Romans 6:23

Luke 24:1-12

2 Corinthians 5:21

DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

As I have faith in you and come to you by your grace, I am made righteous before God

“Oh God, I confess that I have been trying to earn good points to be right with you. I’m very sorry and I admit that I was wrong. There is nothing that I can do that will be good enough to gain access to heaven, except to humble myself and come to you through Jesus. This I now do, O Lord. I lay down my good works and admit to my sin. I repent of all that I have done that has grieved you. I am weary of good works and come to you, just as I am, to find rest from my own efforts. Thank you for your grace. Thank you for dying in my place and taking my sin so that, as I have faith in you and come to you by your grace, I can am righteous before God. I rest in your grace, O Lord. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

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