To those that are not believers:
Picture a mountain. On top of this mountain is God. At the bottom are
we. We each have to try to get to Him, however you can. It doesn’t
matter which road you choose, as long as you just get to Him. This
you’ve no doubt heard as a metaphor of how to get to God. This is a
lie, heresy, not true. Rather He came down and gave Himself for us so
we can live at the top with Him. This is closer. But allow me to paint
another picture.
2000 years ago the Son of God, a fulfillment of all God’s Messianic
prophecies, came to the earth to die for the sin of humans. To take
the magnitude of eternal punishment for every sin that was committed
against God, and that will be committed. This was a tremendous burden. Think
of yourself in a field next to a dam 10,000 miles wide, with water
behind it. Suddenly the dam is breached and every ounce of the water
is hurling toward you. As the water rushes to you the ground opens up
and swallows it all. This is what Jesus Christ did for you and for me. He
took all of sins punishment on Himself. Christ swallowed up the
punishment for our sin, and when He had consumed the last drop, He
turned the Cup of God’s wrath over and cried, “It is finished”. Why did He do this?
He died to save us from our sin, to free us to live with God, to show
His power over sin for all those who trust Him, and to glorify His
Father in Heaven.
So how do you react to such a gospel? I am not going to say, “Bow your head,
close your eyes, and repeat after me.” I am not going to even say,
“Accept Him”. Do we really think Jesus needs our acceptance? Don’t we
need Him? Surely more then praying a prayer is involved. More then
religious attendance is warranted. This gospel demands unconditional
surrender of all that we are and all that we have to all that He is.
You can start this surrender by yielding your life and heart to Him.
The Bible says, “ If you confess with your mouth that Jesus dies, and
believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be
saved.” It also says that whoever follows Him must give up their life
for Him. So at last I say to you just that: Believe in Him and give
your life to Him.
To believers:
Questions for each of us that claim to be Christians: Are you living
under the example of Jesus’ life? Are you living with the light of His existence?
Or, are we merely living under the banner of these truths? This is a
reason that the world wants to flush out Christianity out. Because of
Christians who speak grand thoughts yet live horrible lives. We are so
used to hearing and knowing the futility and the failure in our
lives, that we have no faith in victory any more. We have more faith
in satan’s power in our life, then in Jesus Christ who delivered us.
May I suggest that we have lost faith in the power of God in our life.
But let me tell you today that nothing is to big for God. Stop saying,
“ Woe is me! God can not deliver me from this problem! It’s a special
case! Sure, God helped me in the past, but this problem is different.”
There is nothing that Jesus did not deal with on the cross. We have
sin. We have selfishness. We have rebellion. And God is an expert at
dealing with this. We simply must believe this. God wants to purge us
of every vice that stands against Gods agenda for our lives. We must
give Him control of every area of our being to allow Him to give us
real life. That is a life of faith. A life of complete abandonment to
God. A life of absolute confidence. If He says it, if He promises it,
then we esteem it and we say, "He will perform it". And we take a step
forward. Have faith in the victory!
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