Welcome to God’s Word to You
God’s Word to You today is found in
Hebrews 6:4-6
4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
John 5:24
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
I heard where a teacher told his class that if you are a Christian and don’t tell anyone about Jesus, as in share the Gospel, that you would go to Hell. Now I know if you read my messages very often you understand I see our sharing the Gospel as being a command Jesus gave us as well as a commission and frankly should be a burden.
And you know, I could use the same idea of not being perfect in any way as an excuse for God to doom us to Hell. As a matter of fact there have been people every since Jesus left who love to make rules and ideals and reasons why we must do different things, follow rules and all kinds of other malarkey to stay saved.
Again I say malarkey. How dare any man try and confiscate the glory of God by thinking they can control and dish out salvation.
Folks, the only thing you can do to be saved is first understand and admit you are lost and need a Savior, accept Jesus as who He is and what He has done and commit to allowing Him to be Lord of your life.
If you become a pastor, Bible study teacher, missionary or whatever then good for you for following and becoming an effective Christian. We SHOULD do the things God wants and we SHOULD do them because we are grateful for our salvation or more because we love Jesus for loving us.
But… how fast and how far we walk and how much we give back to God is between us and God. It isn’t about denomination, frankly there isn’t one who has it all right, it isn’t about which church you go to, yes you need to but not to be saved or good but to mature with others and be and make disciples, it is ALL about glorifying God and drawing close to Him in a relationship.
If we could lose salvation, which we can’t, then scripture assures us we could never again regain it. God died for us all but only we who choose Him are saved.
It is really simple but unfortunately too often we stand in the way and try to make it more difficult. We try so hard to put ourselves in a position of good or importance.
Today, look at your relationship with God. Is it about status, being good, doing enough or just about loving Him a portion of how He loves you?
I imagine your love is His most prized possession. I know His love is mine.
me n’ God love ya
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I’d love to know how God is working in your lives and get to know you. Please feel encouraged to send any comments and thoughts.
Email me at Chuck.Acts420@gmail.com
in His service,
Chuck
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