One of the greatest and most damning lies today is how
we evangelize the lost. We must not simply come up to people and ask
them if they have accepted Jesus into their hearts! For what Jesus did
they accept: the Hindu Jesus, the Buddhist Jesus, the Muslim Jesus, the
Mormon Jesus, the Jehovah's Witness Jesus, the Evolutionist Jesus, or
some other false god that enslaves men?
On the contrary, let us
proclaim to men everywhere to repent of their sin and cast themselves
upon the mercies of Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God, Who is King
of kings and LORD of lords, and what He did on the cross for wretched
sinners!
God is Holy, Holy, Holy! He is not an idol forged by the
wicked hearts of men! Amen! Father, forgive us when we preach a gospel
that caters to the sinful flesh, for that is no gospel at all! God does
not compete against the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the
pride of life; He is God Almighty and not a creation of man! Amen!
When
men ask us how to be saved, we must tell them to repent, which is to
turn from sin, and turn to Christ putting all of their trust in Him
alone for salvation! When asked if someone is a Christian, many people
say they are Christians because they said a sincere prayer a long time
ago asking Jesus into their heart and then got baptized, yet they live
like devils who chase after the vanities and myriads of idols of the
world! That is not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Father
forgive us if we ever believe and preach such lies as that, lest we
breed wolves who seek to destroy the sheep of God! O God, strike us down
if we tell such lies! Amen!
When a man wants to know how he can
be sure he is saved, we must do as Paul declared to Corinthians. We are
to examine ourselves and see that we are in the faith lest we not be in
the faith! A true believer will bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit as is
written in Galatians 5:22, and those that see no fruit in their lives
don't know God and shall be gathered and cast into the everlasting fire
of eternal Hell!
We as mere men cannot declare a man to be saved,
for only the Holy God of all creation knows the heart. All we can do is
command men to repent as God has said in His Word and then tell them to
examine their lives. A true believer loves God and hates his sin! A
true believer, though he struggles and wars against the sinful flesh,
wants Christ and nothing else! Amen!
I want Christ and to know
Him more everyday! He who saved me from my sin and made me into a new
creature is worthy of all my praise and worship and nothing else!
To Him be glory! Amen!
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