GOSPEL NUGGET #662

 Five Words To Hang My Eternal Destiny On

Someday, I would have to face God. He is holy and perfectly righteous, and I am a sinner. Scary thought!

But I know I can boldly face Him. I have five words with me. On these five words, I hang my eternal destiny. Five words that I am banking on, relying on, and counting on to make it. Five words that I have tucked in my heart all these years. I may forget everything else in the Bible, but I will never ever forget these. Five words that convey an eternal and divine truth for a sinner like me. Five words that represent a fact that God Himself ordained and brought to pass in reality.

I could never rely on my righteous deeds. Aside from being imperfect; they are filthy rags in the sight of God (Isaiah 64:6).

If ever, yes, if ever God should call me into account, here's what I am going to say: "Lord, I know that I am a sinner. I know that all my righteous deeds are filthy rags in Your sight. I know that my works could never save me. But (1) CHRIST (2) DIED (3) FOR (4) MY (5) SINS and I am counting on it for my salvation. On the truth of these five words, I can face You boldly, a sinner as I am."

GOSPEL LIGHT #661

 God And Covid

What is God doing during this Covid crisis?

First of all, God is in control. The raging Covid crisis is not making God raise both His hands and shake His head in utter disappointment and frustration. He wants to make it all go away but He just can't.

No, on the contrary, Covid is God's dog on a leash. He can make it sit still anytime He wants but He can choose to allow it to go on and bark like mad. It can be God's instrument for a number of reasons for different people.

* Punitive --- He might be using it to punish certain people. Covid is God's punisher.

* Instructive --- He might be using it to make certain people learn something. Covid is God's instructor.

* Corrective --- He might be using it to rectify and correct certain people. Covid is God's rebuker.

* Preventive --- He might be using it to prevent some things from happening. Covid is God's hedge and wall.

* Redemptive --- He might be using it to bring people to spiritual salvation. To be sure, covid made many people think about the brevity of life and eternal realities. Covid is God using a megaphone on these people to bring them repentance and faith in Christ for salvation.

One crisis, different purposes to many different people at one and the same time. If you are still not right with God now, my friend, don't waste this virus. Allow it to draw you to Christ for salvation.

GOSPEL LIGHT #660

 Why is there pain, suffering, and death in the world?

It's a fallen world. A world that fell into sin. It's a world ruined by sin. This is not the world as it was originally created. That's why we have pain, suffering, and death.

What is God doing about it? In the future, there will be a new heaven and new earth with a new humanity. In that new universe, there will be no more pain, suffering, and death. The best of all is that there will be no more sin.

Right now, God is recruiting people to be part of that new universe. Every single time you hear the message that you must repent and trust in Christ and His death on the cross for salvation, God is recruiting you, calling you to be part of that new universe to come.