The Spirit calls me today. I wrestle the sorrow of loved ones who have not yet come to Jesus for Salvation. The arguments for rejecting Him vary but in the end it doesn't really matter why they do. The assassination of Faith starts early and traverses a lifetime unless the Truth is received and acted upon.
The Truth that God loves us gets trashed trough some of life's circumstances that are tragic. Rather than taking our bleeding hearts to the only One who can heal us, we turn and walk away and sometimes even blame Him for our pain.
The Truth that God sent His only begotten Son, Jesus into the world of men to speak of His great love and to represent His Heart though signs and wonders and miracles of His Divine Grace gets trashed through apathy and tweaked priorities. Rather than seeking the knowledge of the One True God, we set about to control our own lives and, in essence, try to be "god" in and of ourselves.
The Truth that we all have a huge debt to pay our Creator for our sinful lives and choices gets trashed through an intricate system of justification and deceptive thinking. Rather than confessing our sin we justify ourselves into thinking that we are "good" and not accountable for having missed any standard of Holiness outside our own judgment.
The Truth that our Creator, God, in His benevolent grace, made a way for each one of us to have our sin debt paid in full gets trashed by our arrogant thinking that we can somehow save ourselves. Rather than embrace the Gift of Life, sent by the Father through the Son, Jesus Christ, we attempt to set up a way of "salvation" on our own terms.
The Cross upon which the Savior of the world died is the great equalizer and a symbol of God's mercy toward us in judgment. The absolute wonder of our Sovereign Creator is that Truth is available to all men. On the last day no one will be able to say, "I never had the Truth made available to me".
The Cross is the place where the God of all Creation executed His judgment over sin. Every man, and woman will have the same ability to accept Truth, regardless of their personal life circumstances, regardless of their nationality or family of origin, or place of residency, or color of skin, eyes or hair.
The Holy Spirit takes me to John's Gospel, where Jesus explained, "I am the Way the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6).
In John 15:26, Jesus said, "when the Counselor comes, whom I will send from the Father, the Spirit of Truth, who goes out from the Father, He will testify about me and you also must testify."
Christians have been criticized for being narrow in their belief system. We have been hated and mocked or cast as intolerant. But the Truth is that a Christian is simply a person who takes the Creator God at His word and believes in the One that He sent, Jesus Christ. Christians are people from every tribe and every nation who are bound together by the Truth set forth through the inerrant Word of God; that Jesus died for all men, to pay their sin debt and be reconciled back to the One and Only Creator God.
The Cross is the great equalizer of men for we all must bow there in need of the Savior who died and rose again. No one is exempt or above or excluded from the Cross. No one is righteous enough to stand before a Holy God and make a case for their own defense. And no one is so depraved that they are beyond forgiveness.
Jesus is the Only Savior of the world.....The Truth, the Truth, the Truth stands...for all Eternity........
Will you believe it?
The Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?
The Truth that God loves us gets trashed trough some of life's circumstances that are tragic. Rather than taking our bleeding hearts to the only One who can heal us, we turn and walk away and sometimes even blame Him for our pain.
The Truth that God sent His only begotten Son, Jesus into the world of men to speak of His great love and to represent His Heart though signs and wonders and miracles of His Divine Grace gets trashed through apathy and tweaked priorities. Rather than seeking the knowledge of the One True God, we set about to control our own lives and, in essence, try to be "god" in and of ourselves.
The Truth that we all have a huge debt to pay our Creator for our sinful lives and choices gets trashed through an intricate system of justification and deceptive thinking. Rather than confessing our sin we justify ourselves into thinking that we are "good" and not accountable for having missed any standard of Holiness outside our own judgment.
The Truth that our Creator, God, in His benevolent grace, made a way for each one of us to have our sin debt paid in full gets trashed by our arrogant thinking that we can somehow save ourselves. Rather than embrace the Gift of Life, sent by the Father through the Son, Jesus Christ, we attempt to set up a way of "salvation" on our own terms.
The Cross upon which the Savior of the world died is the great equalizer and a symbol of God's mercy toward us in judgment. The absolute wonder of our Sovereign Creator is that Truth is available to all men. On the last day no one will be able to say, "I never had the Truth made available to me".
The Cross is the place where the God of all Creation executed His judgment over sin. Every man, and woman will have the same ability to accept Truth, regardless of their personal life circumstances, regardless of their nationality or family of origin, or place of residency, or color of skin, eyes or hair.
The Holy Spirit takes me to John's Gospel, where Jesus explained, "I am the Way the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6).
In John 15:26, Jesus said, "when the Counselor comes, whom I will send from the Father, the Spirit of Truth, who goes out from the Father, He will testify about me and you also must testify."
Christians have been criticized for being narrow in their belief system. We have been hated and mocked or cast as intolerant. But the Truth is that a Christian is simply a person who takes the Creator God at His word and believes in the One that He sent, Jesus Christ. Christians are people from every tribe and every nation who are bound together by the Truth set forth through the inerrant Word of God; that Jesus died for all men, to pay their sin debt and be reconciled back to the One and Only Creator God.
The Cross is the great equalizer of men for we all must bow there in need of the Savior who died and rose again. No one is exempt or above or excluded from the Cross. No one is righteous enough to stand before a Holy God and make a case for their own defense. And no one is so depraved that they are beyond forgiveness.
Jesus is the Only Savior of the world.....The Truth, the Truth, the Truth stands...for all Eternity........
Will you believe it?
The Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?
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