Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Tuesday Thought -- March 26, 2013


Good Morning Friends,

“If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ and again, ‘The Lord will judge his people.’ It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews 10:26-31)

God is the God of grace. He loves the whole world with such deep love that He was willing to sacrifice His own Son. He doesn’t want anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. He wants everyone to be saved. Through the cross, He draws all men to Himself.

But, salvation is not universal. For those who reject the cross and the grace of God, or ignore it, judgment awaits. It is a fearful prospect.

There is a choice to be made.

On the one hand, it is to open your life to God, to receive His grace, to know His truth, to walk in His love. And the result is an eternity of peace, joy, and blessing with the Lord.

On the other hand, it is to deliberately keep on with a life of sin, it is to trample God’s Son, it is to treat His blood as unholy, it is to insult God’s grace. And the result is an eternity of fear, dread, and punishment.

There is a choice to be made.

If you have made the choice. If you have received God’s grace and mercy. If you have the hope of an eternity filled with blessings. Share it with others. It’s the difference between life and death. It is the difference between hope and terror.  It is the difference between blessing and punishment. It is a matter of eternity!

His, by Grace,

Steve

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