I Was Just Thinking About – REMISSION.
One of the powerful words in the Gospel message we proclaim and believe is the fact of remission. In Hebrews 9:21-22 (NKJV), we read: “Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.” Just think of how dreadful it would be if Jesus Christ had not shed His blood to gain for His own the remission of their sins? Jesus had shared with His disciples the message they were to proclaim, Luke 24:46-47 (NKJV), “Then He said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations.”
As the apostles became engaged in preaching “in His name to all nations” their message was clear. As Peter preached, Acts 2:38, he declared: “Repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Peter repeats in Acts 10:43, “All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness (remission) of sins through His name.” The prophesy about John the Baptist, Luke 1:77, was that he would: “give to His people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness (remission) of their sins.” This is reemphasized in Hebrews 10:16-18, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them. Then He adds: Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Now where there is remission (forgiveness) of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.”
A Hymn not often sung was written by P.P. Bliss in the mid-1800s. The lyric of Stanza 1 contains the words: O happy condition, Jesus hath bled, and there is remission…Grace hath redeemed us once for all.” The words to note are: “there is remission.” Remission means: “pardon; forgiveness, as of sins or offenses.” Remission Synonyms are: “absolution; lessening; relaxation; release.”
What is significant about “remission” when applied to medical conditions? The Medical Dictionary defines it as: “a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease; a period during which such a decrease or subsidence occurs.” Remission is stated to a patient when there is no longer any trace or presence of a medical condition for which treatment had been received. There is an important lesson to be learned by the spiritual application from the medical. The safeguard medically is vigilance and awareness of any physical change that may be occurring. If or when there is, the Medical Team is to be contacted immediately so both treatment (if required) can occur and a determination of what might be causing a symptom might be reached.
Can you see and understand the spiritual application? No one should ever be blasé about his or her spiritual condition. The enemy of one’s soul is persistent in his effort to devour the follower of Jesus Christ. To that end, Paul indicated one’s need for the whole armor of God to guard against his fiery darts (Ephesians 6). In a similar way, Peter gives warning about the need to resist the devil so that he will flee from the child of God (First Peter 5:8). Obviously, the spiritual awareness outweighs the physical/medical. How well do you care for your soul and spiritual condition? I love the words included in the Hymn – It Is Well With My Soul. I often review or try to sing often Stanza 3: “My sin, O the bliss of this glorious thought. My sin not in part but the whole; Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more; Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, O my soul.”
Prayerfully – consider these things with me.
One of the powerful words in the Gospel message we proclaim and believe is the fact of remission. In Hebrews 9:21-22 (NKJV), we read: “Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.” Just think of how dreadful it would be if Jesus Christ had not shed His blood to gain for His own the remission of their sins? Jesus had shared with His disciples the message they were to proclaim, Luke 24:46-47 (NKJV), “Then He said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations.”
As the apostles became engaged in preaching “in His name to all nations” their message was clear. As Peter preached, Acts 2:38, he declared: “Repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Peter repeats in Acts 10:43, “All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness (remission) of sins through His name.” The prophesy about John the Baptist, Luke 1:77, was that he would: “give to His people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness (remission) of their sins.” This is reemphasized in Hebrews 10:16-18, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them. Then He adds: Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Now where there is remission (forgiveness) of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.”
A Hymn not often sung was written by P.P. Bliss in the mid-1800s. The lyric of Stanza 1 contains the words: O happy condition, Jesus hath bled, and there is remission…Grace hath redeemed us once for all.” The words to note are: “there is remission.” Remission means: “pardon; forgiveness, as of sins or offenses.” Remission Synonyms are: “absolution; lessening; relaxation; release.”
What is significant about “remission” when applied to medical conditions? The Medical Dictionary defines it as: “a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease; a period during which such a decrease or subsidence occurs.” Remission is stated to a patient when there is no longer any trace or presence of a medical condition for which treatment had been received. There is an important lesson to be learned by the spiritual application from the medical. The safeguard medically is vigilance and awareness of any physical change that may be occurring. If or when there is, the Medical Team is to be contacted immediately so both treatment (if required) can occur and a determination of what might be causing a symptom might be reached.
Can you see and understand the spiritual application? No one should ever be blasé about his or her spiritual condition. The enemy of one’s soul is persistent in his effort to devour the follower of Jesus Christ. To that end, Paul indicated one’s need for the whole armor of God to guard against his fiery darts (Ephesians 6). In a similar way, Peter gives warning about the need to resist the devil so that he will flee from the child of God (First Peter 5:8). Obviously, the spiritual awareness outweighs the physical/medical. How well do you care for your soul and spiritual condition? I love the words included in the Hymn – It Is Well With My Soul. I often review or try to sing often Stanza 3: “My sin, O the bliss of this glorious thought. My sin not in part but the whole; Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more; Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, O my soul.”
Prayerfully – consider these things with me.
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