Jesus Christ, the Judge!

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 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. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.” (John 3:16-21)

The biggest blessing we could have by believing in Jesus Christ probably is the eternal life. Therefore, it is necessary to believe in Him until the end of the age. But what if we only start to believe in Him when we are nearly at the end of our physical lives for the sake of the eternal life? Do you think we could go to kingdom of God at the end of our lives? No and Jesus Christ probably would quote what Matthew 7:21-23 says to us but in the context of belief. It is like we only are trusting that outcome will be good, instead of process of believing. Imagine I want my family to be in Windsor Park community but what happens if I don’t hope and believe in my family that they would become part of Windsor Park family? I become unworthy to become part of the family.

What happens if process of believing and trusting in a good outcome comes together? We become worthy to someone or something. My mentor wants me to get a first theological qualification, so she believes in me so much that I could complete level five of theological studies. I have been worried that I could not finish assignments in time, to be honest. Due to her continuous encouragement and my belief that I could complete my studies, I believe I could get a theological qualification(s). Therefore, it is like faith and deed coming together (James 2:14-26), which we discussed about last time.

Meditate on John 14:1-4 and imagine the beauty of process in believing and knowing Jesus in parts and then fully experience Him in a face to a face in the kingdom of heaven (1 Corinthians 13:8-12)!