The Shame Of The Pork Barrel Scam And Judgment Day
What has happened is a preview and a foretaste of what will take place in the Judgment Day. God will bring to light the hidden works of darkness of all unrepentant people for all to see.
Can you imagine, all the things that you would rather keep to yourself, being exposed for all to see? Things that you would not even tell your husband or wife or a best friend. Things that would make you squirm upon remembrance.
It will surely be a day of shame. A day when you are completely and totally naked in all aspects of your life. Yes, every nook and cranny of it! And forever, your name will be etched in hell's Hall of Shame.
This need not be the case for you. For Someone already took all your shame. He was put to shame for you.
Isa 50:6 I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
If you only trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and what He went through for you, God's promise is that you will never be put to shame.
Ro 10:11 "Whoever believes/trusts on Him will not be put to shame." (NKJV)
Are you willing right now to let Him carry all your shame? Are you willing to trust in Him alone and what He did on the cross for your salvation?
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET #273
Ec 3:15 ....God requires an account of what is past.
Let's apply the principle to salvation. There are many people today who are banking on their reformed life for God to accept them.
They believe that turning over a new leaf or turning a new chapter in one's life is the way to salvation. That God can just let the past slide and close His eyes on the sinful things they have done.
What do you think would happen if all those who loaned money from a bank would go by this principle? Let's say you loaned millions of dollars from a bank. Foolishly, instead of spending it wisely, you wasted it away by a corrupt and debauched lifestyle.
Then after living wildly, you go to the bank and say to the manager: "I know that I have been living like an animal the past few months. I spent all the money like there is no tomorrow. But you know what? I decided to turn a new chapter in my life. I decided to forget the past and now I am living a reformed life. Can we forget the past? Can we forget about the money I owe you?"
Reformation has only to do with bettering the present and the future. It can never alter what we did in the past. And God requires an account of what is past. The sins we did in the past must be paid.
My friend, don't put your trust or hope in your reformed life for salvation. Besides, our reformed life is never perfect. It is blotched with inconsistencies. Repent, yes, but realize that your only hope of salvation is in the Savior and what He did on the cross. The payment He provided on the cross reached the past.
Trust in Him and what He did, not in your reformed life.
Let's apply the principle to salvation. There are many people today who are banking on their reformed life for God to accept them.
They believe that turning over a new leaf or turning a new chapter in one's life is the way to salvation. That God can just let the past slide and close His eyes on the sinful things they have done.
What do you think would happen if all those who loaned money from a bank would go by this principle? Let's say you loaned millions of dollars from a bank. Foolishly, instead of spending it wisely, you wasted it away by a corrupt and debauched lifestyle.
Then after living wildly, you go to the bank and say to the manager: "I know that I have been living like an animal the past few months. I spent all the money like there is no tomorrow. But you know what? I decided to turn a new chapter in my life. I decided to forget the past and now I am living a reformed life. Can we forget the past? Can we forget about the money I owe you?"
Reformation has only to do with bettering the present and the future. It can never alter what we did in the past. And God requires an account of what is past. The sins we did in the past must be paid.
My friend, don't put your trust or hope in your reformed life for salvation. Besides, our reformed life is never perfect. It is blotched with inconsistencies. Repent, yes, but realize that your only hope of salvation is in the Savior and what He did on the cross. The payment He provided on the cross reached the past.
Trust in Him and what He did, not in your reformed life.
Friday, August 9, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET # 272
The Truck Hit Jesus 2000 Years Ago (A True Story)
A little girl was frightened by the shadow of a truck. The sun was low so that the shadow appeared so much bigger than the truck. She called out to her dad in fear.
Her dad came along side her and asked: "Darling would you rather be hit by the shadow of the truck or the truck itself?"
The young girl answered: "I would rather be hit by the shadow."
And daddy took opportunity to teach her about her mother's death, a woman who trusted in Christ alone for salvation: "You know darling, when your mama died, it was only the shadow of the truck that hit her. The truck hit Jesus 2000 years ago."
To a sinner who has taken refuge by repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross, death is no longer a penalty, rather it has now become an entrance into the very presence of the Lord who died for him.
It is only the shadow of the truck but not the truck itself. The truck of God's wrath went straight into the Savior, leaving the trusting sinner safe and secure.
You don't have to be hit by the truck, you can hide behind the Lord Jesus and what He did on the cross for your sins.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET #271
The Disabled Man, The Elevator And Salvation
A disabled man on a wheelchair found himself staring at a 15-story building complex. He was going to meet somebody on the eleventh floor.
How is he going to possibly do that? The strength in his legs was taken away by a car accident years ago. Undaunted, he confidently rolled his way into the entrance as if he has been doing this for years.
He then proceeded straight into the elevator section and casually greeted the operator as he rode in: "Mornin' Mike. As usual." The elevator closed and then off he went to where he was going.
This is a picture of salvation! We are sinners, unable to save ourselves, helpless and hopeless in bringing ourselves up to heaven. But God provided us with the "Elevator", who alone can save us and bring us to heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ.
The only thing we are to do is to entrust ourselves to Him, relying and depending on what He did on the cross of Calvary for our salvation.
Come on in!
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET # 270
Imagine a man fighting for his life in a deep and angry ocean. Furious, the ocean just won't let him go. It wrestles him mad. Its waves batter him to no end. One moment, he is down, another moment, he's on the surface.
To and fro, he is slapped and thrown from one place to another and thrashed about here and there. On and on it went, until he could feel his strength ebbing away. He could not take it anymore.
What or who can save him?
* How about we call for a priest there and have him baptized, adding more water to the water? Will it save him?
* How about we give him a cellphone so that he can call someone and donate his riches to the poor? Will it deliver him?
* How about some pep talk "C'mon, you can do it! Just believe in yourself! Never give up! We are our own saviors." Will it work?
* How about we give him a cellphone so that he can call someone and donate his riches to the poor? Will it deliver him?
* How about some pep talk "C'mon, you can do it! Just believe in yourself! Never give up! We are our own saviors." Will it work?
None of these things will do. The man is completely helpless. What he needs is a deliverer who will come and save him.
Applying this to spiritual salvation, it is not baptism, or good works or self-effort that can save us. We need a Savior.
Here we are sinners under the wrath of God, helpless and hopeless in ourselves to save ourselves, but the Lord Jesus Christ came and died for our sins and rose again. And He comes to us extending His saving arms saying: "Will you trust Me and what I did on the cross for you? Will you take hold of Me by faith?"
Thursday, July 25, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET #269
GOSPEL NUGGETS
Isa 55:1 "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price.
If you are thirsty for the waters of salvation, the joy that comes with it ("wine") and its spiritual nourishment ("milk"), you can buy all of it without money and without price.
True Story
One time a Sunday School teacher could not understand what the verse is saying. He thought to himself: "How is it possible to buy without money?"
A little six-year old girl answered it for him. "You can buy without money by charging it to someone else."
And that is exactly the nature of salvation. You want salvation? It is very costly! None of us can afford it. You can't have it in exchange of your good works, morality and religious activities.
But you can have it by charging it to the Lord Jesus Christ who provided the payment of salvation when He died on the cross for you. God, as it were, is offering all of us a credit card with the name "Jesus" on it.
And so even though you have nothing in you to have God's salvation. You can come and "buy" salvation by charging it to the Savior! Swipe it on Him!
Repent and trust in Him and the payment He made on the cross for the sinner's salvation!!
Isa 55:1 "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price.
If you are thirsty for the waters of salvation, the joy that comes with it ("wine") and its spiritual nourishment ("milk"), you can buy all of it without money and without price.
True Story
One time a Sunday School teacher could not understand what the verse is saying. He thought to himself: "How is it possible to buy without money?"
A little six-year old girl answered it for him. "You can buy without money by charging it to someone else."
And that is exactly the nature of salvation. You want salvation? It is very costly! None of us can afford it. You can't have it in exchange of your good works, morality and religious activities.
But you can have it by charging it to the Lord Jesus Christ who provided the payment of salvation when He died on the cross for you. God, as it were, is offering all of us a credit card with the name "Jesus" on it.
And so even though you have nothing in you to have God's salvation. You can come and "buy" salvation by charging it to the Savior! Swipe it on Him!
Repent and trust in Him and the payment He made on the cross for the sinner's salvation!!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET # 268
What If God Decided To Give Salvation To You As A Free Gift? (True Story)
A man was reading the Bible when another man approached him and asked: "Are you saved?"
The man replied: "I could never be good enough to be saved."
The other man asked: "What if God would give salvation to you as a free gift, would you receive it?"
"I don't know what kind of a fool you would think I am if I would not take a gift like that!" the man answered.
The other man directed him to open his Bible to John 10:28 which read: "...I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish..."
Then he also turned his attention to another passage, Romans 6:23 which read: "...the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Realizing for the first time in his life that salvation is a free gift from God, right there and then, he received God's salvation by faith in Christ. Like this man, many do not realize that salvation is a free gift from God.
Are you one of them?
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