Better Things To Come

The Bible speaks of better things to come, (Hebrews 11:40) and who would deny that sometimes their thoughts have dwelt on future better things. Even with the weather we are often looking forward to better days and see things in the spring as a token of better things on the way.

As we view the world around us, we might think that things only get worse, and ask the question "where will it all end". We are to realise though, that God is in control, and that he wants the best for mankind (John 3:16).This though can only be so through His Son the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Timothy 2:5). The Lord Jesus came to deal with our sin that has so blighted us and the world in which we live (Hebrews 9:26). In order to have any hope of eternal life and a future home in Heaven we need to have our sins forgiven. The question was once asked, "Who can forgive sins but God alone" (Luke 5:21). This was in relation to the Lord Jesus Christ, who because He is God, is able to forgive us (Luke 7:49). The wonder of God's Love is that we can be forgiven for all that is past, (Jeremiah 31:34), and have the assurance that we are right with God through faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

The Bible would indicate that all sin is against God (Psalm 51:4), and that God will not have sin in his presence (Habakkuk 1:13). Sin has to be dealt with and the Lord Jesus Christ is the only one who is both willing and able to deal with it. The reason for this is that He is the only one who is sinless, three times over the Bible witnesses to the fact that He is the one without sin (2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:22, and 1 John 3:5), and therefore when He died at Calvary, he died for sins not his own, but rather for the sins of the of the whole world (1 John 2:2). His sole purpose in coming to earth was to die to save individuals in the world from their sins, and to give them eternal life that they may never perish (John 3:15 and 10:28). In the Old Testament sin was dealt with by the sacrifice of certain animals, but they were continually sacrificed; when Christ died his sacrifice for sins was once and for all, never to be repeated (Hebrews 10:10-12).

All of this should give us confidence to place our faith and trust in God's well beloved only begotten Son, so that we can be assured of the forgiveness of our sins, (Isaiah 32:17 and (Hebrews 10:22), and a home in heaven for eternity. With this we can then truly look forward to "better things to come", and in the meantime on earth, be in the good of all that God wants for us.