GOSPEL LIGHT #671

Wise For A Lifetime --- A Fool For All Eternity 

There was a man who only had a week to live in his house before he would move into his new home where he would reside for the rest of his life. Absurdity of absurdities, instead of focusing on his new dwelling, he devoted his time, energies, and resources to furnishing his old house that he was about to vacate.  

It's a made-up story. It never really happened. But, you know, in one sense, that is a true story in many people's lives. Many people take great pains to provide for this life. "I don't just think of this year. No, I think ahead. I think and plan for 40 years from now." They would say.

The problem is that that's all for them. They never think and plan for the next 40 million years or the next 40 billion years or the next 40 trillion years and more. They are wise for a lifetime but a fool for all eternity.

My friend, be truly wise. Don't just think of this year. Don't just think of this life. Think of the life after this life in eternity. 

Avail yourself of the eternal life that is in Christ Jesus. He died for your sins and was raised again from the dead. That if you repent and trust in Him, life eternal will be yours.  
 

GOSPEL LIGHT #670

How to trust in Christ for salvation?

The Bible does not explain how to trust Christ because trusting in Christ for salvation spontaneously follows by "spiritual reflex" (as I call it) the moment a sinner sees his helplessness in saving himself and realizes the sufficiency of Christ's work on the cross for one's salvation. The man who sees that he is in a hopeless building, engulfed and swallowed whole by a raging fire, would just instinctively jump into a sure and stable safety net waiting for him below, knowing full well that it alone could save him. He doesn't ask "how do I jump in there?" No, he just does it. Pushed by his own necessity. He is more concerned about getting himself deposited into the net than anything else in the world.

GOSPEL LIGHT #669

 A Melting Candle Is Just Like The Lord Jesus Christ

A melting candle is a picture of unselfish and self-giving love. There it is giving itself away for the good of all around it; whereas, before, there was darkness, now there is light.

There, on the cross, the Lord Jesus Christ "melted" and gave Himself for us all that the way of salvation might be paved and lighted --- that sinners might find their way to God.

The way to God is not dark, dim, and impossible to find...if you go by the light of what Christ did on the cross for you.

GOSPEL LIGHT #668

Mr 14:33 And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. 34 Then He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch."

LK 22:44 And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground.

The Lord Jesus Christ here was just hours away from being crucified on the cross. At the cross, He will bear the sins of all and be punished for it. If you are still unsaved, realize from the experience of the Lord Jesus Christ here the awful reality of being separated from God forever and ever.  

Martin Luther said: “No one ever feared death so much as this Man!”
If the Lord Jesus was so inwardly shaken to the point that He sweated out great drops of blood at the prospect of bearing the punishment of sin, just imagine what the lake of fire must be like. If you can only see how awful God's punishment against your sin would be you will react just like He did. You would be shaken to the core of your being. And yet, you just take it oh so casually, like it's nothing. Blind people do not know the deep and precipitous plunge that they are facing...until they actually fall into it.

Realize that being separated from God is an awful, awful, awful reality. Listen, be saved from being separated from God forever and ever. Trust in what the Lord Jesus Christ did for you at the cross.

GOSPEL LIGHT #667

 "... Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God" 1 Peter 3:18

Salvation is Christ's special delivery service of a sinner to God. We cannot bring ourselves to God. We must be BROUGHT to Him. And Christ is the "mobility service provider", God's Uber, if you will, for it.

Ex 19:4 "... I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself." Come on! Ride God's "Uber" by faith in Christ. All rides are free!

GOSPEL LIGHT #666

An employer posted a notice that he would cancel the debts of his workers if step inside his office, at a certain hour, on a certain day and present their document stating their indebtedness to him. 

When the day arrived, many were gathered outside the office. Outside was a huge signboard containing the message: "All who would step inside the office from 11 am to 12 am would have their debts signed and cancelled at once."   

Many read it with great scepticism. "That's too good to be true!" Many ridiculed the offer saying that it doesn't make sense. And so, many of the debtors remained outside. But one man came and dared to believe in the offer. He stepped inside and presented his papers. 

"Why are you here?" the employer asked. 

"Because you said to come at this hour and all my debts would be cancelled," the man replied.

"Do you believe it?" the employer probed him.

"Yes, I do!" said the man

"Why do you believe it?" the employer queried. 

"Because I know your character. I know that you are somebody who would not deceive anybody," the man responded. 

With that, the employer signed his papers and terminated his debts! The man was overcome with joy. He wanted to rush outside to tell others about it but the employer prevented him saying: "It's not 12 o'clock yet. Stay here and wait for the time." Twelve o'clock came but no one else stepped into the office. Then the man ran outside and showed his signed papers. Upon seeing it, the others darted for the office door, but, it was too late. it was bolted and locked. 

God is making a similar offer on a spiritual plane:  "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16

GOSPEL LIGHT #665

 Insulting God In Salvation 

The Bible says that Christ and His death on the cross is the power of God unto salvation (Rom 1:16 and 1 Cor. 1:18). Therefore, Christ's death on the cross is sufficient for our salvation. You don't have to add anything to it in order to be saved. God's power does not need our help, assistance, or aid. Christ's death on the cross alone is enough --- God's power alone is enough. 

Here's how we insult God in this matter ---  When we add our good works, our sacrifices, and what have you to Christ's death on the cross for our salvation, we are essentially saying to God: "God, Your power is not enough to save a sinner like me. It needs assistance on my part." 

Here's how to glorify God in the same --- Acknowledge Christ's death on the cross as God's power unto salvation by putting your entire trust in it. It's essentially saying: "God, I am confident that Your power is enough for my salvation. I trust in it alone."