GOSPEL NUGGET #447

When Morality Becomes A Highway To Hell

Morality becomes a way to hell when it becomes a substitute for the Savior and His work on the cross for one's salvation.

Satan will do anything to promote morality so long as it becomes one's reliance for salvation instead of the Savior. He's not against it but all for it.

In fact, that's what he is doing right now. In many churches today, morality is emphasized while the Savior and His work on the cross is de-emphasized, if not ignored and neglected altogether.

The first and foremost need of a sinner is to be saved, not moralized. A moralized sinner will still go to hell for morality never saved anyone for salvation is not found in anyone or anything else except in the Savior.

GOSPEL NUGGET #446

EX 12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb.

EX 12:22 “You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.

Notice that the availability of the blood of the Passover Lamb does no one any good if one does not apply it on one’s lintel and doorposts.

He must take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood of the lamb and apply it. Hyssop is a fluffy little plant that was used to apply or sprinkle the blood of the sacrifice.

Hyssop represents faith. We apply and avail ourselves of the benefits of the atonement of Christ by putting our trust in Him and what He did on the cross.

An available and yet untrusted Savior saves no one. He only saves those who put their trust in Him.

He died for your sins and rose again from the dead. Trust Him now for your salvation.     

GOSPEL NUGGET #445

Asking For Forgiveness Does Not Necessarily Mean Repentance

Pharaoh asked for forgiveness but later on revealed his true heart condition.

* Pharaoh asking for forgiveness: "Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only." Exodus 10:17-18

* Pharaoh later on revealing his true heart condition: "Then Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!" Ex 10:28

Repentance is a change of heart attitude towards God, sin, self and Christ. It is taking God seriously, hating sin, realizing one's helplessness in saving oneself and trusting in Christ for salvation.

It is possible for our mouths to ask for forgiveness somewhat like Pharaoh's and yet, all the while, the heart remains unrepentant as ever. It is true that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, but it is also true that the mouth can profess what it does not have in the heart.

People put labels on a can because that's exactly what's inside of it. But it is also possible to put labels on a can without any substance at all on the inside.

Sadly, a lot of people only have the label in their mouths but never have the substance in their hearts. Are you one of them?