‘Last Generation’
Eze 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new
spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give
you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in
My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
God demonstrated
this new heart of flesh consisting of love, mercy and compassion instead of the
laws of the OT in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ while He was on earth.
John 3:17 “For God did not send His Son into the world to
condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
Our Lord clearly
told the Jews that He was not sent by God to condemn them but to save them
through His love and mercy. Though the foundation of His throne is justice
(judgment), yet before His face is mercy. Brethren, do not be arrogant but
let’s be humble before His face to obtain mercy.
Psalm 89:14 Righteousness
and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth go before Your
face.
Two examples of His mercy triumphant over the laws:
1. Forgiving adulterous woman
John 8:10-11 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no
one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has
no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her,
“Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
The adulterous
woman Mary Magdalene, was spared her life and she became His faithful disciple.
2. Healing of the Canaanite’s daughter
Mat 15:24,28 But He answered and said, “I was not sent
except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”... Then Jesus answered and
said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.”
And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
By His grace, the
Canaanite woman’s daughter was healed.
Grace through our Lord Jesus
1 John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full
of grace and truth.
The Word or Spirit
of Christ was made flesh in the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ. He was full of:
Grace – love, compassion, mercy, forgiveness, kindness,
generosity, etc.
Truth – wisdom, understanding, knowledge of God,
power, faith, etc. and set free from worldliness, lusts, lies, wickedness, and abominable
practices.
The gospel of Jesus is the greatest grace shown to men when
the Word was made flesh. As a human, He suffered from the crown of thorns and
the scourging for the healing of our infirmities. He was crucified as our
sacrificial Lamb and on the third day He rose from the dead. He went back to
the Father to be glorified. When we confess our sins because we believed and
accept the gospel of Jesus then we are saved and the Holy Spirit is given to us
as the seal of redemption.
And when we love our Lord Jesus by keeping His
commandments, He will baptize us with the victorious Spirit of Christ (the
Helper, the Spirit of truth) to help transform our evil hearts into new hearts
filled with His grace.
Rom 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit,
if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the
Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
Brethren, with the Spirit of Christ dwelling in us, we will
be able to have His grace (new heart) to be kind, gracious, helpful, merciful
to our brethren and to forgive, protect, support, provide, encourage and most
of all to love one another as our Lord Jesus Christ had loved us and died for
us.
