In Order To Save Yourself You'll Have To Be As Powerful As God
* First of all, the universe (Creation) is just God's finger play.
Ps 8:3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained
When God created the universe, He never broke a sweat. It was all finger play on the part of God and the universe came into being.
* Secondly, in the redemption of a soul, however, God exerted effort. He rolled up His sleeves and really went to work. This time, He bared His arm not His fingers, so to speak.
Isa 53:1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
The context of Isaiah 53 is about the Lord Jesus dying on the cross for man's salvation. He took extra
efforts this time. God (that is, God the Son) left the glories of heaven, became a Man, took the form of a servant, obeyed to the point of death and died a criminal's death.
Here's the point --- for a sinner to save himself, he must be as powerful as God. He must have the strength of His arm, not His fingers, to save himself. For even if he has the power to flick the universe into existence that would still be not enough to save himself. For in the work of salvation, it requires not merely the strength of God's finger but the power of His arm.
If you don't even have the power to jerk and tap the universe into existence, what makes you think you can save yourself by your own efforts?
My friend, turn to the Lord Jesus. Turn to the Savior of sinners. It is He alone who can save your soul. After all, He is God who became Man without ceasing to God, who died for your sins and rose again from the dead. Will you trust in the Arm of God, the Power of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, for your salvation?
