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Lamentations 3:21-24: “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope; the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in Him.” (ESV – all emphasis is mine)
Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:17, 20-21: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come…. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake He made Him to be sin, who knew no sin, so that in Him, we might become the righteousness of God.”
Galatians 2:16; 20-21: “Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified…. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.”
Prior to our Savior’s sacrifice at Calvary, God allowed the blood of bulls, goats, birds and whatever as a temporary measure to cover sins. Hebrews 10:3-4: “But in these sacrifices, there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” Then Hebrews 10:14: “for by a single offering He has perfected for all time, those who are being sanctified.”
Our Savior covered all sin for everyone who would receive and accept Him as their forever Savior, and Hebrews 10:18 states, “Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.”
The blood of our Savior shed at Calvary reached back to the Creation of this earth and will reach forward to the day that time on this planet ends. All who were in the will of God prior to Calvary will spend eternity in Heaven. All from Calvary to the end of this earth who will have become a part of the Savior’s precious flock will be with Him forever.
Unfortunately, there have been, and always will be, false prophets and antichrists throughout human existence here. They will tweak God’s word by saying we must do works or make certain offerings to have eternal life. Ephesians 2:8-9 plainly states: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works so that no one may boast.”
During His ministry on Earth as a human, Jesus made it known that He had no illusions as to how many people would end up being truly saved. Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life; and those who find it are few.”
The “hard” part Is getting away from Satan’s favorite line: “Did God Really Say?” (Genesis 3:1). It worked in the Garden of Eden, and it still works even today. Paul states in 1 Corinthians 1:18, “For the word of the Cross is folly to those who are perishing; but to us who are being saved, it is the Power of God.”
Satan also tries to convince us that we have sinned so badly that God will never forgive and forget our sins, so we might as well live any way we please.
We’re told in 2 Peter 3:9: “The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should fail, but that all should reach repentance.”
Psalm 103:11-12 is an absolute promise from the Father that never changes. “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us.”
There are people today who profess to be “religious” but do not accept Jesus as their Savior. John 14:6 and Acts 4:12 dispute this completely.
Paul states in Philippians 2:9-11, “Therefore, God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name; so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.”
Jesus told us there are only two paths, and each one leads to a different outcome for all eternity.
The “broad path” will end up in the Great White Throne Judgment of Revelation 20:11-15. All who end up at this judgment will spend eternity in the lake of fire with the devil and all his demons (Matthew 25:41).
The “narrow path” leads to the Judgment Seat of Christ found in 2 Corinthians 5:10; “For we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body; whether good or evil.” At this judgment, we will gain or lose rewards for what we have done, but our outcome is still forever with Jesus in Heaven.
One other point that is sometimes hard for people to understand: God will force no one either way. It’s absolutely our choice as to which eternity we will enter. God knows that humans are fallible, and we will all sin (Romans 3:10; Romans 3:23, and Romans 6:23). He has provided 1 John 1:8-10 as our pathway to forgiveness.
First and foremost, we must be honest with our Heavenly Father. Admit we have sinned, and ask Him to forgive us. For all who will have believed in and have accepted Jesus as their Savior, God is faithful and just to forgive us.
This is one major reason that our best move is to call on Jesus to be our Lord and Savior before the end of this age takes place, and definitely before we take our last breath on this earth. God has promised that all true believers will not go through the tribulation (1 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10, and Revelation 3:10). While the world will go through the worst time ever, we will be with our Jesus in our new, immortal, forever bodies, and have a mindset like He has.
We do not know the day or hour the Rapture will take place, but it will happen. In fact, it’s most likely to be the next prophesied event before the tribulation takes place. When the Father and the Holy Spirit release the antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2), then all those whom the Holy Spirit indwelt must be removed to keep us from that wrath.
Our greatest wish is that all loved ones have Jesus as their Savior before this happens. Today would not be too early to receive and accept Jesus as Savior (Romans 10:9-13). It’s the best decision and the most important decision anyone will ever make.
Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus!
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