2020.04.26 What Do I Have To Rejoice About (Luke 10:17 - 20)

WHAT DO I HAVE TO REJOICE ABOUT? Text: Luke 10:17-20 Opening Statement: The only item necessary for there to be rejoicing in your life is just the fact that you name is written in Heaven. If we could ever get a hold of that truth, we would shout it from the roof tops! I am here to tell you that if you are saved, then you have reason for rejoicing. You have cause for shouting. You have all that is needed to praise the name of the Lord as long and as loud as you wish. Allow me to give you three reasons “What You have to Rejoice About.” REJOICE BECAUSE YOU HAVE ETERNAL SALVATION Salvation is more than a "get out of Hell free card." Salvation brings with it many wonderful gifts that the believer tends to forget about as he fights the battles of life. Notice what some of them are. Relationship At the very instant of conversion, a new relationship is formed. I want to touch on 2 aspects of that relationship. Adoption Gal. 4:4-6; 2 Cor. 6:17-18 When we are saved, we are adopted into the family of God. He takes us as His children with all the rights and privileges thereof. Access As children, we have unlimited and unhindered access to the Father in Heaven, Heb. 4:14-16. Because we are the children of God, we can and should go to the Father and allow Him to minister to our needs. Renewal When a person comes to Jesus for salvation, somethings are made new. Sometimes are done away with and that is a reason for rejoicing! We Are Cleansed By Him 1 John 1:9 We Are Changed By Him 2 Cor. 5:17 Reward As hard as it may be to imagine, the Lord is going to reward His children, both now and when they get home. Titus 3:7 Rescue Daniel 12:1 tells of a time when those whose names are written in the book of life will be taken out of this world. We believers know that event by the name of the rapture, 1 Thes. 4:16-17. REJOICE BECAUSE YOU HAVE ETERNAL SECURITY Notice the words "are written". The literal sense of this verb is this, "your name is written and shall be written."