We live in an increasingly darkening world. There is much anger and despair. There is hurting and pain. There is deceit and wickedness. Thankfully, there is light and there is truth. There is the truth that sets us free. Some may ask, "What is truth?" since it seems so hard to know what is the truth these days.
We don't like to be deceived by people and there are times we really don't like to here the truth because it can cut us to the very heart of our being, but we need to hear the truth and respond to it accordingly. We may not like to hear someone telling us that what we are doing is wrong. We all need correction sometimes because there are times when we are wrong.
There are many people in our world today that have been deceived by the devil and think they are in right standing with God because of their good works or because they are a good person. We know from the Bible that there is no one that does good and we also know from the Bible that we have all sinned and we have all fallen short of God's standards which are really high. There is not one of us that is good enough to save ourselves. We can't earn our forgiveness and we can't get into Heaven based upon our merits. Our good works will never out weigh our bad.
There is only one true living God. He alone is the Creator of all things seen and unseen. There aren't many different gods that decided to design everything. There is only the Lord God Almighty. He alone is God and there is no other. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Lord is alone is God and He exists in three persons, God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit. He is our Maker and He is the sustainer of all things. God is Holy and nothing sinful can ever enter into His presence.
We people are all deserving of eternal separation from God and placed into a literal hell. God made a way for us to be reconciled to Himself by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into this world to live a perfect sinless life. Jesus laid down His life for our sins by dying on the Cross. Jesus shed His precious blood on the Cross to pay our sin debt. Jesus took the punishment that we all so rightly deserve. It is not God's desire that anyone should perish, but He wishes that all would come to faith in Christ Jesus and be saved.
Some people refuse to repent and turn to Jesus Christ because they would rather believe the lie that the devil spreads around the world instead of stepping out of the darkness and into the light by trusting Christ as their Lord and Savior.
We believers in Jesus Christ need to guard the truth of who God is and stand firmly upon the truth of God's Holy Word, the Bible. We need to try to pull people out of the lies and the darkness and into the truth. Unfortunately, there are many people who's hearts have become so hardened that they refuse to hear the truth for their ears have become dull of hearing. Many will argue their point and refuse to come to the truth of who God is.
It is a very sad thing to see a person who has been coming to church for many years, but have no testimony whatsoever concerning how Christ has changed their lives. I am afraid for such people. For it is a scary thing to fall into the hands of the living God. We must all come to repentance of our sins and trust Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and be saved.
God loves us and He wants to have an intimate relationship with each one of us, but we must come to Him on His terms no ours. We need to humble ourselves and come to Christ by faith and trust in His grace. Grace is not cheap, but it is costly. Jesus died for us to have this grace. He rose from the dead to show us that He is indeed God. One Day Jesus will come back as the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
God is so very good. We can trust Him to meet all of our genuine needs. God can't be mocked. He knows everyone that is His and if we are trusting in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior we can know that He will never let us go.
Tomorrow my mother will be having surgery and I would ask that you would pray for her. I ask for prayers for traveling mercies as well. Please pray that the Lord would direct me to do those things that He wants me to do as well.
Let's cling to the truth of God's Holy Word and of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Way, and the Truth, and the Life and no one comes to the Father except through Him. (John14:6)
Lord,
Thank You for being the truth that sets us free.
We praise Your Name.
Search us O God and lead us by Your Holy Spirit.
Touch my mother with Your healing touch.
Come Soon O Lord,
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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