The Permanency of God's Word -- Chapter 4

By: Grandma Peg

THE PERMANENCY OF GOD'S WORKS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST

Jesus reinforced that He is God when He said, “I and the Father are One” [John 10:30]. His work is perfect and permanent.

Scripture tells us that God is Creator [Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 45:12; Hebrews 11:3]. The Holy Spirit is also Creator [Genesis 1:2; Job 26:13; Psalms 104:30]. When we read of Jesus being Creator, Scripture always says that creation was through Him [John 1:3; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 3:9; Hebrews 1:2]. God showed Himself through Jesus, and He also showed His creation to us through Jesus. Let’s look at some of the works God did through Jesus:

1. “For by Him all things were created … all things have been created through Him and for Him” [Colossians 1:16]. God, through Jesus, created everything in the universe with the result that they remain permanently created in the present state.

2. The next verse tells us that “… in Christ all things hold together ” [Colossians 1:17]. Not only did God, through Christ, create all things, but they are permanently maintained in their present state. At its creation, everything was held together from that moment with the abiding result that all things still hold together. So even though things appear to be out of control in the world, God is always in control.

3. When Jesus was born into this world, He was here as a representative, as the King, of God’s kingdom. When Jesus, and John the Baptist, said in Matthew [Matthew 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; 26:45, 46], Mark [Mark 1:15; 14:42], and Luke [Luke 10:9, 11; 21:8, 20], that the kingdom is at hand , they were telling people that the kingdom had “come near” to earth, with the continuing result that it remained near permanently with His presence. This is similar to when Jesus told the Pharisees that “the kingdom of heaven is among you {or “in your midst”} [Luke 17:21]. This was the Good News.

4. Even before Christ’s death and resurrection, He had already won the victory over Satan. John said that “… the ruler of the world is judged …” [John 16:11]. Satan was already judged in the past, and he remains permanently condemned. The actual “death knell” was at the Cross. Jesus also told His disciples, “I have overcome the world” [John 16:33]. When Jesus said He has overcome the world, He was saying that this is a permanent victory.

5. Jesus lived a completely sinless life. He loved you so much that He “became” sin [2 Corinthians 5:21] on your behalf. As the Old Testament sacrifices were laid on the animal, so were our sins put on Christ [Isaiah 53:5]. As He was dying on the cross, Jesus said, “It is finished ” [John 19:30]. He was saying that He had done everything that His Father sent Him to do, that His work has been finished, and that it remains permanently complete. Because He did the work of paying our debt, there’s nothing that you can do to obtain salvation, except to believe on Him as Savior.

6. As a result of this, the record of your sin was taken out of the way, nailed to the cross [Colossians 2:14]. At the cross, Jesus removed the sin that separated you from God, and it is permanently removed.

7. Festus, while talking to Paul, referred to Jesus as a dead man [Acts 25:19]. In the eyes of Festus and other unbelievers (as well as unbelievers today), Jesus died and remained permanently dead. However, Paul says that Christ died, and was raised [1 Corinthians 15:3,4]. Jesus was resurrected by God with the permanent result that He still lives. He appeared alive before hundreds of people [Mark 16:9; Matthew 28:9, 17; Luke 24:15, 36; 1 Corinthians 15:5-6; John 20:19, 26; 21:1]. And His promise is that in the future, you will be raised from the dead [Acts 24:15; 1 Corinthians 15:22, 23] to live eternally with Him.

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