Proclamation:
Explanation:
The Apostle John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, who
wrote the gospel which bears his name so that man would believe that Jesus, is
The Christ, The Son of God. In this verse, John clearly stated that
because of the grace of God, we have all been blessed and we have all received not
just one blessing but blessings after blessings.
Application:
We all want to be blessed. Even though we have already been blessed and
we are currently being blessed, we want even more blessings. That is usually what we pray for when we pray. We have all been
blessed with more blessings than we can count. God has blessed us
all over and over again. We take most of our blessings for granted,
and yet we ask Him for more. Thank God that the fullness of His grace is
"super-abundant" and never ending. All that we have and all
that we are, we have received from Him. God has blessed us through
the fullness of His grace from the breath of life (Genesis 2:7), and with every
good and perfect gift (Psalms 84:11 & James 1:17), all that we eat and
drink (Ecclesiastes 3:13), with a reasonable portion of health and strength,
wealth and possessions (Ecclesiastes 5:19), in addition to salvation (Ephesians
2:8), and the gift of eternal life (Romans 6:23). God has blessed us with
so much that we have to be thankful for, including the gift of His Son, (John
3:16), who hung, bled, died, and rose from the grave so that we could be saved
from the penalty of our sins. "A
faithful man shall abound in blessings ..." (Proverbs 28:20) We all need His help to be faithful. Because in the end, we all want to be blessed
to hear Jesus say: "Well done, good and faithful servant ..." (Matthew
25:21 & 23)
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