Jesus Is All the World to Me :: By Dennis Huebshman

Psalm 63:3: “Because Your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise You.” Psalm 73:25-26: “Whom have I in Heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:28: “But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.” (ESV – all emphasis is mine.)

Galatians 2:16 & 20: “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.”

For added emphasis, we go to Ephesians 2:8-9: “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.”

Our Salvation and eternal Home in Heaven are a gift of God the Father because of the sin-free blood sacrifice His Son, Jesus the Christ, willingly gave for us on that cruel cross at Calvary.

John 10:11 & 18: “ I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” … No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”

Our Savior made it clear that He could have stopped His sacrifice at any time, but because of His love for all sin-filled humans, He completed His part of our precious gift. No so-called manmade deity can ever begin to match such love.

Our obligation is not to do numerous works or pay anything to try to earn our Home in Heaven. The steps are found in Romans 10:9-13, and are commonly called the ABCs of Salvation.

“A” is to admit or confess that we are all sinners and Jesus is our Lord and Savior, and the only way to the Father. “B” is to believe that God raised Him from the dead to conquer sin and death for all who will receive and accept his Son. And “C,” “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Jesus Himself said the path to come to Him is hard (Matthew 7:13-14), and the reason is believing there’s not more involved to become a member of His precious flock. We’re told 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.” For all who are in Satan’s control, this “folly” applies.

Today, anything to do with Jesus and being a follower of Him leaves us open to more and more persecution. Jesus knew this would be so, and in John 16:33, He gives us this inspiration: “I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart, I have overcome the world!”

The promises of our Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are everlasting and never to be broken. Romans 8:38-39: “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

There is so much more that could be presented as to why everyone in the world should receive and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Our Heavenly Father could demand that all humans be servants of His Son, and require all kinds of rituals and works with an uncertain eternal life.

However, as a loving Heavenly Father, He allows everyone their choice of eternity in Heaven, or eternity in the lake of fire He made specifically for Satan and his demons (Matthew 25:41). They had been in the presence of the Father and still rebelled against Him. There is no provision for them to be forgiven.

In Joshua 24:15, he told his people: “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods your fathers served in the regions beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

In 1904, Will L. Thompson (1847-1908) wrote a wonderful hymn titled: “Jesus Is All the World to Me.” It’s a true testimony that ends with the proclamation, He’s My Friend! Please consider the words of this awesome message.

1.) Jesus is all the world to me, my life, my joy, my all; He is my strength from day to day, without Him I would fall. When I am sad, to Him I go, no other one can cheer me so. When I am sad, He makes me glad; He’s My Friend!

2.) Jesus is all the world to me, my Friend in trials sore. I go to Him for blessings, and He gives them o’er and o’er. He sends the sunshine and the rain; He sends the harvest’s golden grain. Sunshine and rain, harvest of grain; He’s My Friend!

3.) Jesus is all the world to me, and true to Him I’ll be. Oh, how could I this Friend deny, when He’s so true to me? Following Him I know I’m right, He watches o’er me day and night! Following Him by day and night; He’s My Friend!

4.) Jesus is all the world to me, I want no better Friend. I trust Him now, I’ll trust Him when life’s fleeting days shall end. Beautiful life with such a Friend; beautiful life that has no end. Eternal life, eternal joy; He’s My Friend!

For anyone who has the belief that they’ve sinned beyond what can be forgiven, please know that the blood shed by our Savior is powerful enough to reach all the way back to all who were in the will of the Father from creation to Calvary, and to everyone from Calvary all the way to the end of this earth’s existence. This certainly includes everyone on this earth today.

This promise is well defined in John 3:16-18: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son; that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned; but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”

If Saul of Tarsus could be forgiven for his persecution of those who were Christians, even to the point of their being martyred, then everyone on Earth today can be forgiven. Once Saul, later known as Paul, had his encounter with Jesus on that road to Damascus, he became an adamant believer, even to the point of his own martyrdom.

Anyone who has not received and accepted Jesus as their Savior should seriously consider their eternal destination. For those who may say they’ll get around to it later, we are not promised another day here. Our Savior is available to take your “call” any minute of any hour of any day.

However, when the Trumpet of God sounds, and there is a shout from an archangel (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 and 1 Corinthians 15:51-53), the situation on earth will change drastically.

The Holy Spirit that is holding back the evil one right now will be removed (2 Thessalonians 2). All who have received and accepted Jesus are indwelt by that Holy Spirit. And to keep the Father’s promise that we won’t go through the coming tribulation/wrath found in 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10, and Revelation 3:10, we must be taken out of the way of the ultimate antichrist.

While the world goes through that terrible time, we will be with Jesus in our new forever-immortal bodies. Our deepest wish is that all our loved ones, friends, and acquaintances will be with us.

Your decision will be the most important one you will ever make. Hope to see you at Home with our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ!

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