What are the Benefits? Part Three

Paid vacation, paid sick leave, 401K, and stock options are all benefits that you might have in certain jobs.  Then there are other benefits that might not be mentioned when you first decide to take the job or join the group.  Wellness program, education program, discount program.

Maybe being part of this organization has the potential to bring other things that you may have never thought possible. 

This is lesson three of a Four Part Series exploring the benefits of justification in the believer’s life.

Rom 5:6-11 NASB  For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.  (7)  For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.  (8)  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  (9)  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.  (10)  For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.  (11)  And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Many organizations, especially within the Academic World have what is known as “Continuing Status”.  It is the expectation of continued employment at the position you have achieved.   Let’s look at the definitions of these two words separately.

Continuing -  to maintain without interruption

Status -  position or rank

We are all worthless.  The Bible teaches that our righteousness is as filthy rags.  So from this we can see that our status within ourselves is nothing.  However, Paul tells us in verse 8 that God has shown us his love by allowing His son, Jesus to die for us on Calvary.  Paul says while we were yet sinners.  Even in our worthless state, God loved us. 

Paul says, Christ’s death has power through his blood to justify us.  Through His resurrection we have life.  When we ask Jesus to save us we are promoted to a child of God.  Our status changes, not from anything that we do but from what Christ did.  Now that we have been saved, Paul says that Christ’s life has power to keep us. 

The part of continuing status in this organization is …………………..

We can now rejoice because we have the atonement through Jesus Christ and have been reconciled to God.

Next week we will look at Bonuses.