GOSPEL NUGGET #460

Junking Junk Food And Repentance 

Many today live on junk food laced with killer substances that will eventually destroy them. They gobble up and load themselves with food that are harmful to the body. And then they reap the consequences---a life of pain, suffering and misery.

All these usually happen under the caring and loving rebukes of friends and loved ones, who are ignored, and in many cases, chafed upon.

Then the red line is crossed, the irreversible condition is reached and death stares at them in the face. How they wish they could turn back time.

Applying all these to salvation, you see, sin is like junk food. And repentance is losing appetite over it. My friend, repent. View sin as the spiritual junk food that it is and lose your appetite over it. A fleeting and momentary savor of sin is no bargain to an eternity of misery.

Come to Christ. Come to Him in repentance and faith, trusting in Him and what He did on the cross for your salvation.

Joh 6:48 "I am the bread of life.

Joh 6:35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

GOSPEL NUGGET #459

"Believe On The Lord Jesus Christ And You Will Behave"

Great theology often comes from the lips of little children. In a Vacation Bible School, a little boy was made to memorize Acts 16:31 which says: "Believe (trust) on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved..."

Like many little children, he had trouble pronouncing a certain letter. His was the letter "s." When it was his turn to recite the verse, he lisped and faltered on the word "saved." Instead of saying "Believe (trust) on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be SAVED," he said "Believe (trust) on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will BEHAVE."

We may find it funny, but if you think of it, in one sense, what he said was true. Salvation does bring a transformation in one's life.

Tit 3:3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,
5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

They were once misbehaving (verse 3) but when they were saved, it became a thing of the past. When they got saved, they behaved.

My friend, come to the Lord Jesus Christ. Trust in Him and what He did on the cross for your salvation and you will not only be saved but you will also behave.

GOSPEL NUGGET #458

“…I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to Myself.” (Exodus 19:4)

God bearing Israel on eagles’ wings is a picture of grace. God, through His grace, brought them to Himself. Eagles are also known for their powerful wings. God, through His power, brought Israel to Himself. 

It is the same in the salvation of a sinner. As sinners, we were separated from God because of our sins. But through the grace of God in Christ Jesus, who is the power of God to salvation, not through our own efforts, we can be brought to Him.

Just as an eagle spreads its wings to carry its young so the Lord Jesus stretched out His hands on the cross to bring us to God:

1PE 3:18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God…

If you are still unsaved right now, come to Christ, cling to the cross in faith and you will be brought to God. We cannot bring ourselves to God. We must be brought to Him. And it is only through Christ.