And The Lord Said

As one who is called to preach, my job is to preach the message of salvation. I can’t save anyone, nor can anyone else, but we can lead you to the one who can save you. Jesus Christ our Lord is the only way to receive salvation and redemption. Through His sacrifice, the grace of God is bestowed on anyone who comes to Him.

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord SHALL be saved. 

That is very plain for anyone to understand. The Lord said whosoever, which means anyone. Not just anyone who is clean and upright, but all of us who are sinful and want to repent, to be saved by the grace of God. Though we don’t know God, and haven’t seen Him, we can get to know Him through His Son.

Through Christ our Lord, we know the character of God, His views on sin and what He wants for us. He has made clear His promises to all who will obey Him. His faithfulness to His Word is undying. Our God is almighty, and His actions are amazing. His ability to forgive and to show His love is so far above our ability to comprehend. 

Isaiah 55:8-9 New King James Version (NKJV)

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD.

9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are My ways higher than your ways,

And My thoughts than your thoughts.

And so is His love greater than we know to love.

He has given freely to all who will accept, complete and eternal forgiveness of sin. He has provided a way for anyone to be reconciled with Him. A chance to be made clean and righteous in His sight. 

Mark16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

John 3:15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

The Lord God has given each person a choice. We have the freedom to choose our belief and faith. The Lord God did not just make us believe, but offered His truth to us in the form of Jesus Christ, His Son. Our God has demonstrated His love for mankind for generations, and has made forgiveness so easy. All we need to do is accept Jesus as being exactly what He said he was and is.

2 Peter 3:9 King James Version (KJV)

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

 

 

Some may wonder why that is so important to us. The answer is so simple that it can be overlooked. This life we live is short even for the longest recorded life ever lived. It is ended and then what? We have the option, a choice to have an eternal life with God and to enjoy that life in paradise, in Heaven itself. Or we can turn away, choose not to believe and be lost for all eternity. It is still our choice to make. Adam and Eve had their choice, to live in obedience to God, or to choose their own way through disobedience. The result should speak loudly to anyone. 

God is forever, not an idea for a time and then gone. Our God is majesty in its highest form. He who created the world, destroyed the world, and re-created it is our God. He who placed all the planets and stars in the heavens, who made their paths and ordered the universe, is our God. He cares so much for the creatures we call humans that He desires us to be with Him at the price of His own Son. He has throughout history, demonstrated His great love and forgiveness for man. 

He chose a certain group of people to be His people, to demonstrate His love and blessings on those who will obey Him. Even when this group would fall away, He would welcome them back with love and protection. He would restore them their prosperity and peace. Only to have them fall away through the generations. This He still does to anyone who will follow Christ. He has given all people the right to become His children, His people. 

No one is any better than anyone else in the eyes of God. As it is written, all have sinned and fell short of the glory of God. But that does not mean we are lost. Because we have sinned, does not permanently remove us from our God. Through His great love, we are given a reprieve. We have been given an opportunity to be forgiven and have our sins forgotten by our Lord. All who will accept Christ are washed clean from sin by His blood. The final and only sacrifice for salvation is Jesus Christ our Lord. 

We have an inheritance with Him if we will only take it. We can be saved from eternal separation from God. We can be a part of the new Heaven and earth as is promised. God does not make a promise that will not be fulfilled. He is God and does no wrong. His judgement is right and pure. His love is so great we can’t even imagine it. He is God, and no one or nothing else can compare to Him. 

He has opened the door to Himself widely, and has invited anyone to enter. Rich, poor or somewhere in between does no matter. The door is for all who will accept His invitation through Jesus. The Lord God has made His word prevalent in the Bible. It is for all to read and know Him. The Holy Bible is God’s advice, direction and testament to Hid great love. His word is for all to access. His Holy Spirit will guide those readers and help with understanding. He has provided pastors, teachers and preachers to voice His Word, and yes, to help with understanding.

JOHN: 3; 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 

13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. 

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 

15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 

18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

 

All we need to do is open the book. Start to read and pray and repent. Pray for understanding and guidance. Pray for His word to become a part of our life. Pray for others to come to Christ and begin their own journey to heaven and their reward. The Lord God has enough patience for anyone who truly wants to know Him. We all have the commission to bring others to Christ. This can be accomplished in a number of ways. Some by preaching, others by the way they live their lives, still others by their unwavering faith in His word. God has given each person a gift, we must choose to use it.

Help each other to understand the meaning of His word in each person’s life. The Lord wants so much for us to turn to Him. To live our lives in obedience and love. To follow the example of His Son Jesus our Lord. He wants us to learn to rely on Him for everything in our lives. He wants us to bring all of our problems and concerns to Him. Lay them before Him and let Him work. This is a form of ultimate trust in Him. He will not fail you when you put your trust in Him. Pray as is written, with thanksgiving, every prayer. Pray with an expectation that the Lord will do as He says He will. But do not expect Him answer anything that is against His will for us. 

For instance, we should not pray for anything that is evil, or against His commandments.  The Bible will show all what the will of God is. Pray with expectation and in reverence. Remember, it is God who you speak with. He has allowed His children to approach His throne and we must be reverent in our approach. He is King and Lord of everything that is. 

God has your life as a concern to Him. He cares about every issue and trouble you may have. No matter how large or small, He wants to help. He wants to provide salvation and forgiveness. All that needs be done, is to accept Jesus Christ as your savior. To confess your sins to god and allow Him to forgive you. Just come to Him and be saved. 

JOHN:4;3

He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. 

4 But He needed to go through Samaria. 

5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 

6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 

7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." 

8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 

9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 

10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." 

11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 

12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?" 

13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 

14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." 

John 3: 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 

Remember this, the disciples did not choose Jesus, He chose them. We must choose on our own. We must make this choice by our free will, not based on seeing His miracles, or being able to see Him in the flesh as the disciples. Keep your faith, let it grow and mature. Watch the Lord work in your life as you grow in your faith. We learn and grow our faith just as babies grow and learn to walk. Trust in the Lord for all things and be blessed. 

Just as God provided a sacrifice for Abraham, to spare his son, He also provided a sacrifice to spare us from the wages of sin. To know Jesus, we can be sure that our salvation is secure. We can rest assured that our God has forgiven us our sins, and will bless us with an eternity with Him. To know Jesus is to know the one who took the price we owed upon Himself. To know Jesus, is to know that we are truly free and can live our lives differently, instead of being led by our sinful natural way. We have been improved upon, we have the Holy Spirit to guide and counsel us. But most of all, we have this Jesus to intercede on our behalf to God Almighty.

May His peace and love be with you always, Amen.