Being Right With God

There seems to be so much turmoil in our world today.  There is also a boat load of angry people (a very large boat) all around us in our world today.  It seems like everything is in a tail spin.  It also feels as if we are rushing forward in time toward something huge.  There is a sense in people's hearts that something is about to happen, but many are not sure what exactly that is.  Some think the world is going to end in one way or another because of all the problems that they seem going on all around our world.

I have had people, who are not believers, say to me that they thought we were coming to the end of everything.  There is a fear that is stirring in people's hearts and minds.  Things do seem bad and things most likely won't improve anytime soon.

The Lord Jesus told us that things will grow increasingly worse until the Day He returns.  That Day, I believe, is drawing very near.  Each day that passes we are a day closer to the Lord's return.  When Jesus returns it won't be as a little baby this time around.  When will return on a cloud from Heaven as the King of kings and the Lord of lords.  What a great and terrible Day that will be.

It will be a great and Glorious Day for those who are waiting for His return and are trusting in Jesus as their Lord and Savior.  It will be a terrible Day for those who have rejected Jesus.  

There are many people in our world today who are not ready and that saddens me.  There are our co-workers,  members of our family, our neighbors, and even members of our church.  Many people like to think that they are all right with God,  but they are not.

There are so many people who put on a great act.  They may seem religious, but their hearts are actually far away from the Lord even though they may say the right things.  The Lord is not fooled by our acting skills.  The Lord looks at our very hearts.  He knows our hearts and our motives even better then we know the ourselves.

The Pharisees of Jesus day when He walked on the earth thought they we right with God and they were very proud of their accomplishments.  They knew the Scriptures frontwards and backwards, but they still failed to recognize who Jesus was even though the Scriptures teach about Him.

(Read Matthew 23: http://www.biblestudytools.com/matthew/23.html)

Jesus listed seven woes directed toward these religious leaders and they didn't like it one bit.  Jesus even called them hypocrites because they talked the talk, but they failed to walk the walk.  They dressed nice.  They knew Scripture.   They thought that by knowing the Scripture that they were in right standing with God,  but hey weren't.

The Lord is more interested in our hearts and it's condition then He is about our outwardly appearance.  We may be able to fool other people, but we can't fool God.  There is coming a day that we are appointed to die and then face the Judgment.   We will have to give an account for our lives.

There is a way to obtain a clean heart and to be ready for Christ return.  We have all sinned and we have all fallen short of God's standards.  We have all missed the mark.  We have even played the hypocrite.  

God demonstrated His great love to us by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth.  Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life.  He went obediently to the Cross where He shed His blood and died for our sins.   God raised Him from the dead on the third day and One Day He will return.

Who ever confesses their sinfulness to Him and receives Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior will be saved.  It is by grace that we are saved through faith in Jesus Christ.  We can not earn our way into Heaven.  There are no amount of good works that we can do to get us into Heaven.  There is only One Way into Heaven and that is through Jesus Christ.  Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life and no one comes to the Father except through Him.

Religion will not save you.  Being a member of a church will not save you.  Being baptized will not save you.  Being a member of a large religious group will not save you.  There is only One Name under Heaven in which a person must be saved by and that is the Name of Jesus Christ.

It is through our faith in Jesus Christ that we are given the Holy Spirit to dwell with in us and He will transform our hearts.  It is through our faith in Jesus Christ that we can stand strong in a world that is falling apart.  It is through our faith in Jesus Christ that we don't have to fear about not being good enough to get into Heaven.  There is no one good enough to enter into Heaven one their own.  We enter in by what Jesus Christ has done for us at the Cross and we can rejoice in Him because of His finished work.

What a Savior!  Praise the Lord Jesus!

Let us be thankful for all Jesus has done for us.  Let us serve Him out of our love for Him because He chose to love us so much.  Do you love Jesus?

I love the Lord Jesus Christ because He chose to die on the Cross in my place.  He took the punishment that I so rightly deserve.  Thank You Lord Jesus for saving a poor wretched man like me. 

Let us praise Him and give Him all the Glory for all He has done.


Lord,

Thank You for salvation through the finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross.

I pray that You would pour out Your Spirit upon all believers in Christ.

Give us a fresh faith and fresh power to serve You in these dark times.

Help us not to be discouraged, but help us to be hope filled and focused on Jesus Christ.

Touch each one who reads this blog with Your healing touch and encouragement.

Thank You Jesus for loving us so much.

We love You Lord!

In Jesus Name we pray,

Amen.