Couldn't Wait

AFTER READING AND THINKING MORE ABOUT THE TOPIC AND SUBJECT OF HELL, I HAVE COME TO SOME CONCLUSIONS.

ONE: THAT WE AS CHRISTIANS DO NOT LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE VERY NATURE OF HELL IS SCARY AND INTIMIDATING FOR ANYONE.
TWO : THIS DOCTRINE HAS TO BE APPROACHED WITH CARE, DIGNITY AND SENSITIVITY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME REMAINING TRUE TO THE TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE.
THREE: THIS DOCTRINE HAS TO REMAIN INCORPORATED INTO OUT APOLOGETIC AND WORLDVEIW. FOR THE MEANING OF SALVATION BEGS THE QUESTION, “WHAT ARE WE SAVED FROM? OR, FROM WHOM ARE WE SAVED?” SALVATION MEANS BEING “RESCUED” AND BEING RESCUED IN THE ULTIMATE SENSE WOULD MEAN THAT WE ARE RESCUED FROM A CRISIS OR PERIL OF GREAT PROPORTIONS. GREATER THAN WE CAN EVER IMAGINE.

I AM SURE THAT AS I REFLECT AND PRAY MORE ABOUT THIS DOCTRINE I WILL COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT God’s GRACE WILL CONTINUE TO AMAZE ME. WHY WOULD God SAVE SOMEONE LIKE ME? WHY WOULD THE CREATOR OF THE UNVERSE WANT TO SEE ME IN HEAVEN WITH HIM AND HIS ANGELS WHEN I DON’T DESERVE TO BE THERE. NO MATTER WHAT I DO OR SAY. AS I SIT HERE AND WRITE I AM ALMOST OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION AT THE FACT THAT God HAS SAVED ME. BY HIS GRACE ALONE HE HAS REACHED DOWN AND PULLED ME FROM THE GRAVE AND SET ME UPON THE LIFE THAT IS FOUND IN Jesus. AND THIS IS PART OF THE MESSAGE THAT I FEEL I NEED TO BRING TO OTHERS. SALVATION MEANS MORE THAN FINDING YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE. SALVATION MEANS MORE THAN DISCOVERING WHY YOU ARE HERE ON PLANET EARTH. God LOVES US AND HE WANTS TO SAVE US. THE QUESTION REMAINS, DO YOU WANT TO BE SAVED? DO YOU WANT TO BE RESCUED?

THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN, SO MUCH TO SAY AND SO MUCH TO DO. BUT THROUGH IT ALL I REMEMBER God’s WORD IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS 118:14 – “THE Lord IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SONG; HE HAS BECOME MY SALVATION” – PSALM 118:29 – “GIVE THANKS TO THE Lord, FOR HE IS GOOD; HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER”

THANKS TO ALL WHO ARE A PART OF MY SMALL GROUP ON FRIDAY NIGHTS. YOU CHALLENGE ME, ENCOURAGE ME AND MOST OF ALL LOVE ME DESPITE MY RANTS AND MY BLOGGS. THANK YOU; IT IS A PRIVELEDGE AND AN HONOR TO LEAD THIS GROUP.

UNTIL THEN…SOLA GRATIS